TCPA RISK UP 20% TO START THE YEAR!: February, 2026 TCPA Class Action Filings Spike to Record 211 New Complaint– And 2026 is Suddenly Eclipsing the MONSTER that Was 2025

Add a comment

So 2025 was famously the biggest year for TCPA class action filings in the statute’s history.

And, of course, 2024 was previously the biggest year.

And, of course, it looks like 2026 will soon become the biggest year.

Overall TCPA filings are up 26.8% year to date but it is always the class action filings we are concerned with.

A class action, of course, is a combination of EVERYONE that may have suffered a violation of the TCPA from the same defendant pursuing claims at the same time in a single case. The damages in such TCPA class actions can be simply enormous– eclipsing a billion dollars rather commonly.

This is why the TCPA is considered the most dangerous statute on the books and why only the most sophisticated (and expensive) attorneys on the planet make their living handling the complex federal court litigation rising from these claims.

Well in good news for super-expensive attorneys and bad news for everyone else– the TCPA class action count continues to rise.

In February, 2026 the nation endured 211 such filings.

Last year there were only 148.

That’s a 43% jump year over year.

Yikes!

There were 172 class actions filed in January, 2025 meaning through February. 2025 a total of 320 TCPA class actions had been filed through the end of February, 2025.

This year started off with January at a mere 170 class actions (actually down 2 from last year) but the spike in February sees the overall number of TCPA class actions rising to 381– a 20% increase from last year.

But watch this.

If we go back to 2024–just two years ago– there were a total of only 91 TCPA class actions filed in February, 2024 and in February, 2023 there were only 53 filed.

53!

So that means TCPA class action filings have QUADRUPLED in just three years.

No wonder Troutman Amin, LLP keeps growing.

The most sophisticated law firm in the most sophisticated and fastest growing area of law.

If you aren’t keeping up with the TCPA that needs to change folks.

A great way to do it– attend the two-day TCPA festival better known as the Law Conference of Champions. Nearly 14 hours of content on TCPA, data privacy, and AI regulations. Nothing else like it in the nation. Hosted by David Stodolak and with Spartan’s Joe De Sena and Beast Game Winner Jeff Allen as keynotes!

Show is May 4-6, 2026–just a month away– so get your tickets now.

All stats provided by WebRecon!

Chat soon.

Discover more from TCPAWorld

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Categories:

Published by Eric "Czar" 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.

Leave a Reply