WAIT!: No Weekend For You… Until You Check Out These GREAT Clips of Our Interview With Josh Swigart!

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So I’ve been teasing this episode for a long time and the clips are FINALLY here.

The good news? They are ABSOLUTELY worth the wait. In fact, these are–without question–the best clips to date.

First, watch this quick clip to hear the Czar (this guy) tell the story of his very first TCPA class action. And it isn’t just an arbitrary tale. Our guest Josh Swigart–one of the ORIGINAL TCPA filers–was the guy I litigated my very first TCPA class action against. Here’s the story:

Watch the Czar tell his origin story. For more AMAZING content follow our INCREDIBLE You Tube Channel. 

Next you can’t miss the incredible story as to how the Marks Ninth Circuit TCPA appellate decision came to be. Josh was one of two lawyers slated to potentially argue the appeal and it came down to a coin flip! As Josh says “THANK GOD I LOST!” He explains how Abbas lived and breathed the appeal for weeks before his successful argument:

Josh breaks down the leadup to the big Marks oral argument. For more AMAZING content follow our INCREDIBLE You Tube Channel. 

And in what is probably the most AMAZING clip in the history of my long-running podcast series, Josh tells me how he was actively trying to settle Marks on an individual basis BEFORE the appeal. They were scared to death of the case and did not want to see it through. But the DEFENSE refused to settle–only to suffer probably the BIGGEST LOSS in the history of the TCPAWorld. My goodness:

Josh explains how Marks almost never came to be because they wanted to settle–but Defendant-who ended up losing on appeal and blowing open the TCPA’s ATDS definition coast to coast- wouldn’t settle! For more AMAZING content follow our INCREDIBLE You Tube Channel. 

Finally, I share a chuckle with Josh over Sergei Lemberg–love you man– deciding to move forward with the Facebook appeal despite the fact that he appeared to be drawing dead before a textualist court (and went on to lose the case unanimously.)

As Josh tells it, most folks knew Duguid was going to come out against the Plaintiff’s bar, and as soon as oral argument was over he was frantically trying to settle his ATDS cases:

Josh explains how badly he wanted out of ATDS cases following the Facebook oral argument. For more AMAZING content follow our INCREDIBLE You Tube Channel. 

Too good.

I will likely post the entire episode–which is focused on CIPA and privacy claims–this weekend (CIPA Sunday!). But wanted to tantalize you folks before you headed out the door.

Chat soon.

 

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The Czar of TCPAWorld Eric Troutman is one of the country’s prominent class action defense lawyers and is nationally recognized in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation and compliance. He has served as lead defense counsel in more than 70 national TCPA class actions and has litigated nearly a thousand individual TCPA cases in his role as national strategic litigation counsel for major banks and finance companies. He also helps industry participants build TCPA-compliant processes, policies, and systems. Eric has built a national litigation practice based upon deep experience, rigorous analysis and extraordinary responsiveness. Eric and his team feel equally at home litigating multibillion dollar telecommunications class actions in federal court as they do developing and executing national litigation strategies for institutions facing an onslaught of individual TCPA matters. They thrive in each of these roles – delivering consistently excellent results – while never losing sight of the client experience. While many firms now tout TCPA expertise, Eric has been there from the beginning. He built one of the country’s first TCPA-only defense teams and began serving as national TCPA counsel for his clients nearly a decade ago. This perspective allows him to swiftly develop the right litigation strategies for dealing with recurring problems, without wasting time on tactics that are bound to fail. Eric’s rich historical perspective and encyclopedic knowledge of the TCPA landscape also make him an invaluable resource to institutional compliance teams struggling to comply with the shifting regulatory landscape. No task is too small – or too big. Indeed, Eric and his team have helped build TCPA-compliant systems and processes for some of the largest and most complex corporate entities in the country. He commonly works with in-house compliance counsel to build and implement enterprise and business-line specific TCPA solutions, performs TCPA audits and drafts and reviews proposed TCPA policies and procedures. He and his team also have the technical expertise necessary to assist call centers seeking to develop TCPA-resistant call path architecture or to modify existing telephony and software integration to better insulate from potential TCPA exposure. Eric has built a reputation for thought leadership. An avid blogger and speaker, he has been at the forefront of the industry’s effort to push for clarity and a return to sanity for the TCPA for years. He was selected to advocate for the financial services industry on important TCPA issues before the Federal Communications Commission and co-authored the nation’s only comprehensive practice guide on TCPA defense. In his spare time, Eric leads defense teams representing banks and other financial services companies in consumer finance litigation matters. He has experience representing clients in UCC, TILA, RESPA FCRA, CCRA, CLRA, FDCPA, RFDCPA and FCCPA claims, as well as in fraud and bank operations issues.

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