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FCC NPRM COMMENT DEADLINE: January 5, 2026

5 Dec 2025
As we slide into the end of the year and everyone is juggling holiday plans, travel, office parties, my birthday 😊 and whatever else December throws at us, the FCC…
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December Declutter: FCC Seeks Comment on Dismissing Dormant TCPA Petitions

3 Dec 2025
The FCC has set a deadline of January 12, 2026 for objections to its dismissal of a series of older TCPA-related Petitions for Reconsideration and Applications for Review as identified in its…
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RESPECT OR DEFERENCE?: District Court Finds that Text Messages Are Calls Under the TCPA, Without Looking at the Definition of “Call”

25 Nov 2025
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) is far from the first statute to regulate something that did not exist at time of its enaction. The Federal Wiretap Act was enacted…
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Easy Dobronski Win: Court Recalculates Higher Damages and Grants Default

27 Aug 2025
In his latest win, Mark Dobronski filed suit against George Magana Younghorse, doing business as Signzdirect, claiming 19 unsolicited fax advertisements violated both the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and…
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Still Faxing in 2025? Court Says Unsolicited Healthcare Fax May Violate the TCPA

12 Aug 2025
Let’s talk about fax machines for a second. Yes, fax machines. In 2025. Apparently, they’re still alive and beeping—especially in the healthcare industry. By way of background, Plaintiff operates a…
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DICTIONARY OR PRECEDENT?: District Court Analyzes TCPA Claim Without Relying on Circuit Authority

12 Aug 202512 Aug 2025
Dictionaries may be a defendant’s new best friend when it comes to litigating under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). A question that used to elicit a cut-and-dry ruling—a motion…
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HE DOESN’T EVEN LIVE HERE: Judge Transfers Case to Jurisdiction Sought by Neither Party

17 Jul 2025
With the volume of lawsuits filed by plaintiffs under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, every federal jurisdiction gets its share of cases. It can seem like counsel for plaintiffs deliberately…
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STIR(red) and SHAKEN: How McLaughlin is Changing TCPA and TRACED Act Enforcement

26 Jun 2025
Well, well, well—McLaughlin Chiropractic v. McKesson has truly stirred up the legal landscape—or better yet, shaken an imbalanced tower of FCC interpretations and court splits surrounding one of the most…
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MISSING LINK: Court Dismisses Plaintiff’s Claim Due to Omission of Crucial Allegations

3 Jun 2025
One of the basis principals of a lawsuit, which many plaintiffs seem to forget, is that the defendant being sued must be liable for the conduct alleged in the lawsuit.…
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Quiet Hours Violation: Dick’s Sporting Goods Allegedly Caught Off Guard Over After-Hours Texts

9 May 20259 May 2025
Hey TCPAWorld, Its heating up in South Florida and I am not talking about our sunny weather. Late-night marketing texts are fueling serious litigation, and this time, Dick’s Sporting Goods…
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Opthamalogy Group Cannot Turn Blind Eye to TCPA Requirements

10 Apr 2025
The “healthcare exemption” to the TCPA’s consent requirements is one of the more misunderstood parts of the TCPA.  And a recent case in North Carolina just gave a lesson to…
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We aren’t in Kansas Anymore – Dr. Oz confirmed as head of CMS

4 Apr 2025
Well, maybe they held off until after Medicarians, but the Senate has confirmed Dr. Mehmet Oz as the new head of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Dr.…
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DEFENSE WIN: Court Dismisses TCPA Class Action – Recruitment Calls Are Not “Telephone Solicitations”

3 Apr 2025
Hey TCPAWorld! TCPA litigation is on the rise, with plaintiffs' attorneys often trying to target companies that aren’t actually engaged in telemarketing. But not this time, the Court got it…
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Alternative Paths: Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Quiet Hours Provision Claim

2 Apr 2025
Many lawsuits in the past few months have claimed violations of 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(c)(1) and 47 U.S.C. § 227(c)(2) (the “Quiet Hours Provision”) of the TCPA. Previously, the Quiet…
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Bye Bye Home Buyers? – Proposed Legislation Might Make Home Buyers’ Jobs Harder

13 Mar 2025
One area that we have seen multiple times in TCPAWorld is complaints against parties offering to buy a consumers home. Well, we have spotted an interesting trend in some state…
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Speed Bump: CPPA Pulls Over Honda for Privacy Practices

12 Mar 2025
It’s no surprise that the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) has been active.  They are making a strong case for being the most active state agency in the privacy arena.…
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COMPLAINTS ABOUT COMPLAINTS: Defendant Granted Leniency from Burdensome Discovery Production

12 Mar 2025
Discovery disputes are a big part of TCPA cases and, practically speaking, it can be exceptionally difficult for defendants to produce all documents requested by TCPA plaintiffs… for several reasons.…
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Even With FCC 1:1 Gone, the CMS 1:1 Rule is Still Standing

11 Mar 2025
Obviously, a lot going on in the lead gen space over the last six weeks.  The biggest change of all is the FCC’s one-to-one rule being vacated.  The pivot the…
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BREAKING: Rocket to Acquire Redfin for $1.75 Billion!

10 Mar 202510 Mar 2025
In very big news today, the Rocket Companies announce plans to acquire real estate brokerage giant Redfin for $1.75 billion of equity value. While this is obviously huge news in…
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NO LOGS FOR YOU: Court Declines to Require Privilege Log for Withheld Communications.

24 Feb 2025
I have a fascinating tidbit from a TCPA discovery dispute. In a recent decision on a motion to compel, a defendant was not required to produce purported communications between its…
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GIFTED DISMISSAL: Judge Dismisses TCPA Claim Based on Argument Made by the Plaintiff

17 Feb 2025
I have an interesting update regarding Mark Dobronski, an individual who has put himself on the plaintiff-end of numerous TCPA lawsuits. On a motion for summary judgment, he recently saw…
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New Direct Mail Laws: California, Here We Come

12 Feb 2025
With the all the preparation around 1:1 consent, a lot of marketers planned on moving away from telephone solicitations to direct mail assuming it was a safer choice with less…
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Disappearing CFPB? What’s happened and what’s next

10 Feb 2025
These are interesting times we live in. During the transition period between Trump’s election and inauguration, Elon Musk stated that the there were “too many duplicative regulatory agencies” and he…
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BANKING HEADACHES: Plaintiff Challenges Debt Collections Under TCPA ATDS Provisions

28 Jan 202528 Jan 2025
Hi Folks! We just saw an interesting complaint filed, where the plaintiff claims he revoked his consent to be contacted by a debt collector. Generally, debt-collection-related TCPA lawsuits are at…
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TOO EARLY FOR TICKETS: Another Plaintiff Alleging TCPA Violation in Uncharted Territory

23 Jan 2025
Hi folks! A couple weeks back, we saw a lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California alleging a TCPA violation due to the times telemarketing messages were sent. The…
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Sleeping Defendant: Plaintiff Secures Win for Class Certification and Damages Discovery

14 Jan 2025
Hey TCPAWorld! Bringing you a quick (painful and avoidable) ruling out of the Middle District of Florida in Ownby v. United 1st Lending, LLC., 2025 WL 81344 (M.D. Fla, Jan.…
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IT’S PAST THAT TIME: Mixtiles Sued for Violating Time Zone Specific Provisions of the TCPA

6 Jan 2025
Hi TCPAWorld! My name is Maxwell and I am a new associate here at Troutman Amin. I am looking forward to sharing some TCPA news with you all. Coming out…
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FCC Publishes 1:1 Consent FAQs

26 Dec 2024
Just a quick update here on the FCC and 1:1 consent rule during this holiday season. The FCC is moving full steam ahead on a January 27, 2025 effective date…
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“Don’t you have to look at what the statute says?” – IMC’s Oral Arguments

18 Dec 2024
As we noted earlier on TCPAWorld, the IMC odds against the FCC might be better than initially thought due to the panel of judges from the Eleventh Circuit hearing the…
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This Just Got Interesting…. — The IMC case in the Eleventh Circuit

6 Dec 2024
Does the Insurance Marketing Coalition’s case in the Eleventh Circuit have more than a snowball’s chance in hell? Maybe…. The IMC case against the FCC has oral arguments in front…
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DATA BROKERS: National Security Threat???

3 Dec 2024
It’s clear that data brokers are the new primary target for regulators. We recently highlighted the California rule which increased the registration fee for data brokers from $400 to $6,600…
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FTC’s Negative Option Rule Adds Some New Wrinkles

6 Nov 2024
The Federal Trade Commission recently released their Final Rule updating the Negative Option Rule.   And the Final Rule has some important changes that will affect many businesses.   The Negative…
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It’s Official: TSR Recordkeeping Rules are Effective Today

15 Oct 202415 Oct 2024
It’s October 15th, and fall is officially here.  Bringing with it pumpkin, football  (Go Vols!), hockey (Go Ducks!), and, this year, the effective date of the Telemarketing Sales Rule updates. …

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