WOAH TCPA CLASS ACTIONS DOWN MASSIVELY IN JULY– HAVE WE FINALLY PEAKED? AND WHAT IS CAUSING THIS?

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Excellent news for the nation’s call centers and businesses.

Class action litigation filings under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) were down sharply in July, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025.

In July, 2026 there were a total of 108 Class Actions filed. In July, 2025 there were a total of 198 filings. That’s a 45% DECREASE year over year.

This story is more remarkable given the lengthy stretch of RISING TCPA filings month over month dating back to 2024. It looks like we may finally have seen a peak here.

Still class action filings year to date in 2026 are still above last year’s levels.

In 2025 there had been 1250 TCPA class action filings through July 31, 2025. This year there were 1,371–meaning we are still dealing with a 9.7% increase YoY.

Without question, however, the trend is cooling off.

So what’s going on here? Are TCPA lawyers starting to take on fewer cases to avoid OSCs? Is this the impact of Jibreal Hindi’s recent health issues? Is this a response to the SMS DNC rule confusion? Is the shock ruling against Heidrapour limiting TCPA filings? All of the above? Something else?

One thing is for sure– everybody wins when frivolous litigation isn’t being filed. Let’s hope this trend continues.

All data provided by Webrecon.

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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.

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