FCC’S TERRIBLE REVOCATION RULE GOING AWAY? LET’S HOPE SO!

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TCPAWorld followers know the FCC is looking to make some major TCPA changes with a new NPRM it plans to vote on issuing next week.

Some of these changes are real head scratchers.

But one of the changes is CRITICAL and I am so glad to see it.

Specifically, April 11, 2026 is currently set to be a dark day in American telecom.

On that date an FCC order from the Biden administration is scheduled to take effect that would massively expand the default revocation rules under the TCPA.

Specifically if a consumer tells a business to “stop” any informational message it must stop all automatic informational and marketing messages sent to the consumer, whether by phone or SMS message, for any purpose.

That’s a CRAZY rule and not, at all, what consumers expect when they reply “stop” to a message–they want that TYPE of message to stop, not all possible messages from the business (at least in most cases.)

For instance if you bank with Wells Fargo and you reply “Stop” to a wire transfer notification you would have opted out of all other forms of notifications– low balance alerts, ATM receipt deposits, mortgage rate updates, payment notifications etc. even if you specifically signed up for multiple alerts intentionally.

Its crazy and it was going to lead to BIG problems.

The rule was supposed to go into effect last April but the FCC wisely stayed the rule for one year.

Well now the FCC is considering doing away with the rule completely– and that’s just common sense.

Its new NPRM would revoke the rule requiring multi-channel and expansive opt out applications and may even allow businesses to specify a reasonable single means to opt out of messages–such as by replying “stop” haha.

Today consumers can say any old words to a business like “leave me alone” or “knock if off” and then sue under the TCPA, even if the message says “reply stop to opt out.”

The new rule would cut down on these crazy frivolous lawsuits– love that.

We will keep an eye on all of this. You can read it for yourself at paragraphs 103-105: FCC NPRM

Also, real quick. Know any great lawyers in the Southern California area? Troutman Amin, LLP is hiring and we’d love to meet any FANTASTIC attorneys you can connect us with.

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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