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Meet the Czar of the TCPA World

Already one of the best known lawyers in the U.S. telecom legal space following the success of the TCPA.World brand, former Big Law partner Eric J. Troutman, has embarked on his next project. “I plan for Troutman Amin, LLP to take over the legal world.” Troutman quipped when discussing the…Continue reading “Meet the Czar of the TCPA World”

10Jun 2026
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AFTER HOURS: Alleged Midnight Miller Light Golf Attire Text Message Lands Molson Coors in a TCPA Class Action in Texas

So Coors is apparently releasing a new taller boy that firs three entire beers inside one can ahead of the World…

10Jun 2026
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PROTESTS TOO MUCH: Court Denies TCPA Plaintiff’s Motion to Quash Subpoenas to Banks–And There’s a Reason Behind It

In litigation, whoever gets to the truth first wins. What really happened? That’s the only question a litigator should be asking themselves…

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TOO EASY?: TCPA Suit Over Secondary Payer Calls Continues Despite Seeming Lack of Evidence

2 Oct 20252 Oct 2025
How easy is it to set up a TCPA class action? Well, if one were so inclined, its pretty easy. Take the case of Gilleland v. Express Scripts, Inc., 2025 WL 2794639…
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“FORCE OF PRECEDENT”: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Tosses ATDS TCPA Case Against NRCC– But It Didn’t Want To

1 Oct 20252 Oct 2025
Interesting one for you here. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals tossed a TCPA SMS ATDS case against the National Republican Congressional Committee last week-- even though it didn't seem…
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ENDLESS MOTIONS, ENDLESS ROBOCALLS: From Futile Filings to 800 Million Calls

1 Oct 2025
Greetings TCPAWorld! It’s October, which means spooky season is here and so are some hauntingly good TCPA updates. This time, we’ve got two cases on deck: one against Capital One…
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STEEP PENALTIES: Oregon Community Credit Union to Pay $1.95 million for Robocalls to 2,600 Phone Numbers

1 Oct 20252 Oct 2025
Mr. Number One is at it again. Mike Greenwald and his partner Aaron Radbil are famous for hammering banks for large TCPA class action settlements in pre-recorded call wrong number…
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TCPAWORLD AFTERDARK: real lawyers

30 Sep 20257 Oct 2025
Is a brief filed by an AG a final and binding interpretation of a statute? Asking for a bunch of really confused friends who are probably committing malpractice. (They don't…
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HAPPENING NOW: FTC Secures Historic $2.5 Billion Settlement Against Amazon

25 Sep 20251 Oct 2025
From FTC press office: Agency alleged that Amazon used deceptive methods to sign up consumers for Prime subscriptions and made it exceedingly difficult to cancel   The Federal Trade Commission…
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NO ESCAPE TO STATE COURT: Court Finds Plaintiff’s Allegations Under TCPA, FCRA, FDCPA Lock in Federal Jurisdiction

25 Sep 2025
An interesting remand case for you this morning, where a pro se plaintiff sought to remand her consumer-protection suit back to California state court on standing grounds, arguing she wasn't…
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“DIRECTLY LIABLE”: Court Holds eXp Realty Can Be Directly Liable for Calls Made By Agents in TCPA Class Action–It Should Be A Wake UP Call

24 Sep 202521 Oct 2025
Real estate brokerages need to be paying EXTREMELY close attention to the TCPA right now. The old model of assuming the brokerage won't be liable for the acts of franchisees…
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NEEDLE DEE: Major Bank Faces $3.3BB in TCPA Damages in Certified Class Action After Marketer Calls Bad Lead

24 Sep 202525 Sep 2025
Well a major bank is facing up to $3.3 BILLION in TCPA exposure after using a lead generator to call third-party data leads. Lead generator gets major bank into TCPA…
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FLORIDA SPLIT: Whether You Can Enforce the TCPA’s DNC Rules May Depend On What Part of the State You Live In

23 Sep 202524 Sep 2025
TCPAWorld is famous for generating splits of authority around the country-- and now we appear to have a split on an important TCPA issue within a single state. As TCPAWorld.com…
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“NO STOP”: TCPA Defendant Tries to Double Negative Its Way Out of a Class Action (It Doesn’t Work)

23 Sep 202524 Sep 2025
So to a TCPA defendant down in Florida the phrase "No Stop" apparently means "yes continue" and that's just a little too date rapey for me. In Blosley v. A Bradley…
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CONNECT: LeadsCon Connect is Coming Up And Queenie and I Will BOTH Be There!

22 Sep 2025
All right folks big news coming your way next week! Both Queenie and I will be attending LeadsCon Connect in Chicago next week and believe me when I say you…
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SHORT: Court Dismisses TCPA Defendant’s Motion in Ruling So Brief It Hurts

22 Sep 202523 Sep 2025
You know your motion is really weak when a court refuses to waste its time providing a lengthy analysis of it. In Beaver v. PODS Enterprises, LLC 2025 WL 2687183 (M.D.…
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STRAIGHTFORWARD: Court (Correctly) Denies Certification in TCPA Case Where Consent Posed Individualized Issues

22 Sep 202523 Sep 2025
To me certification in TCPA class actions comes own to one issue-- did the numbers all come from a single identical source, or multiple sources. If the latter, the case…
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Politics Saturday (5): emotional predators

20 Sep 2025
Like most Americans I had never heard of Charlie Kirk until he was shot. Terrible stuff to be sure. But I wonder if the media's complete obsession with him after…
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MAJOR NEW SOURCE OF LITIGATION IN COLORADO…Directories?

19 Sep 2025
Colorado state law cases hit the roof as Plaintiffs discover a potentially overlooked portion of Colorado’s Prevention of Telemarketing Fraud Act (PTFA). Under section 6-1-304(4)(a)(I) of the PTFA, it is…
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FUN PODCAST AVAILABLE: Ever Wonder How the Czar Got His Nickname? And Lots of Other Fun Tidbits

19 Sep 202522 Sep 2025
Was a lot of fun joining Christian Montes COO at NobleBiz on their First Contact (Stories of the Call Center) podcast. Bit of a different discussion than I was expecting--…
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BIGGER FISH?: Dobronski Wins Critical Caller ID Issue Even As He Loses His Case

19 Sep 202522 Sep 2025
What a headache. You'll recall a guy named Dobronski-- who really is a headache-- has opened up an entirely new avenue to sue telemarketers. Specifically, he has convinced courts a…
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MASSIVE WIN FOR LINCARE!: Health Care Exception Saves the Day for Lincare in Certified TCPA Class Action

18 Sep 202519 Sep 2025
My goodness, was Lincare living dangerously. Facing a certified TCPA class action Lincare rolled the dice and relied on not one-- but two-- FCC rulings that may or may not…
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MASSIVE DATA PRODUCTION ORDERED: The Wolf and Mr. Number One Team Up To Crush Register.com on a Discovery Motion

18 Sep 202519 Sep 2025
When Anthony Paronich and Michael Greenwald-- arguably the two most dangerous TCPA lawyers on the planet-- team up in a case you know you're going to see some serious action.…
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LAWSUIT BREWING: TCPA Class Action Filed Against Nespresso For Early Morning Text Messages!

17 Sep 2025
Hi TCPAWorld! The Baroness here and we’ve got another lawsuit brewing. This putative class action was filed by Jibrael Hindi’s office and is targeting Nespresso! Of course, it is a…
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CALLFIRE TO PRODUCE RECORDS: Local Pizza Shop’s Effort to Quash Subpoena Seeking its Contact List Falls Flat

17 Sep 202518 Sep 2025
There is a right way and a wrong way to oppose discovery in TCPA class actions. Very few lawyers seem to understand the right way. Plenty, however, eagerly walk to…
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THE FIRST $6K AN HOUR ATTORNEY?: Troutman Amin, LLP Rates Set to Rise January 1, 2026– Get In Now!

17 Sep 202518 Sep 2025
So its official, the Czar will move to $6,000.00 an hour for compliance work come January 1, 2026. While that feels like a lot, it actually isn't that much. First, it is…
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$1.3MM IN TCPA DEFENSE FEES?: All Web Leads For Allegedly Failing to Defend TCPA Suits Caused By Its Leads–And the Defense Costs Here Are Staggering

16 Sep 202517 Sep 2025
Just picked up this interesting complaint against All Web Leads, Inc. The claim here is that AWL sold leads that lead to two massive TCPA class actions against Liberty Mutual.…
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STUNNINGLY BROAD: CEMA Applies to Recruitment Messages And Messages That “Promote Growth of Business” Holds Washington Court of Appeals As #BigLaw Loses Again

16 Sep 202517 Sep 2025
Get ready to see a lot more CEMA claims after a court of appeals ruling just blew the doors off of the definition of "electronic commercial text message" in the…
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Cal Football Sunday Recap–We Did it Again (Troutman Amin, LLP effect?)

14 Sep 202516 Sep 2025
So since we are the official law firm of Cal Athletics-- and we have our logo on the field and everything-- I figured I'd start doing little Sunday recaps of…
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BOTTOMS UP: Kimberly Bottoms Hits Pay Dirt With $12.5MM Settlement Against Block, Inc. For “Invite a Friend” Messages

11 Sep 202516 Sep 2025
Another day, another massive TCPA settlement. Although this one is actually a CEMA settlement-- Washington's MASSIVELY IMPORTANT mini-TCPA. Block, Inc. just agreed to pay up to $12.5MM to settle CEMA…
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FRAUDULENT TCPA SUIT?: Court Lays Out PERFECT Fraud Claim Against Repeat TCPA Litigator Daniel Human

11 Sep 202514 Sep 2025
For those eager for proof TCPA litigators invent cases to make a buck, boy do I have a case for you. In Human v. Fisher Investments, 2025 WL 2614039 (E.D.…
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TCPAWORLD AFTERDARK: now

10 Sep 202511 Sep 2025
we're winning. everywhere. people are calling me the chosen one. that's weird. but also, is it wrong? people don't even know the full story and they wonder. anyhoo... New clients.…
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NO FISHING EXPEDITION HERE: Court Hooks Plaintiff On Individual Issues

10 Sep 2025
Greetings TCPAWorld! I'm back with another interesting case update to put on your radar! VanderSloot v. Charles Baratta LLC, No. 24-CV-07096 (JMW), 2025 WL 2605343 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 9, 2025), just…
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WASTE OF TIME: Columbia Debt Recovery LLC d/b/a Genesis Credit Properly Removed TCPA Claim to Federal Court Finds Court

10 Sep 2025
Quick weird one for you all. In Kellyman v. Columbia Debt, 2025 WL 2609459 (M.D. Fl. Sept. 10, 2025) the pro se Plaintiff Jamar Kellyman moved to remand a TCPA case to…
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EVIDENCE MATTERS IN OHIO: Court Grants Default But Significantly Cuts Damages from $1M to $5,500 and Rejects Ohio Mini TCPA Claims Lacking Specific Allegations

10 Sep 2025
In Schwartz v. AR Bhalli, LLC, et al., Case No. 1:25-cv-12, 2025 WL 2599504 (S.D. Ohio Sept. 9, 2025), brought by pro se litigant Michael Schwartz, the United States District…
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DROP: (FULL EPISODE) Deserve to Win Ep. 36 is OUT NOW! Kimmel & Silverman’s Jacob Ginsburg Is the Guest!!

10 Sep 202510 Sep 2025
Well the latest edition of Deserve to Win is out and it is one of the biggest, juiciest episodes yet. The team breaks down several major developments including: A court…

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