HUGE INCREASE: TCPA Lawsuits Up Double Digits From Last Year– Class Action Numbers Spike

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Anyone who thought the TCPA was dead following the Facebook decision really did not understand how TCPAWorld works.

And it works like this– plaintiff’s lawyers like money. And NO federal statute in history has created more money for Plaintiffs lawyers than the TCPA.

Pretty straightforward.

While Facebook weakened one line of attack, the Plaintiffs bar just shifted to other lines of attack and kept coming.

These days prerecorded calls and calls to numbers on the DNC are driving the massive bulk of TCPA filings–although occasional ATDS claim will still be brought (fn7 is still an issue!)

And the Plaintiffs’ bar has really found its stride. According to the stats provided by the good folks at WebRecon, TCPA filings YTD are up a staggering 16.8% from last year! Holy smokes.

Even more stunning–at least to me–66.2% of all TCPA cases filed last month were CLASS ACTIONS.

Just incredible.

These are massive numbers and demonstrate why marketers, servicers, debt collectors and lead sellers are under so much pressure right now to get compliant and stay compliant. And it can be incredibly challenging to do so in TCPAWorld where things move so quickly.

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Published by Eric J. Troutman

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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  1. It is not incredibly difficult to be TCPA compliant. It is just that telemarketers find it to be an inconvenience, and then lament when they are caught.

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