At the end of last week, the Second Circuit—in a 2-1 decision—held that the D.C. Circuit’s decision in Bais Yaakov of Spring Valley v. Fed. Commc’ns Comm’n, 852 F.3d 1078…

Well its Friday night. And you know what that means... I'm reading legal briefs. Check out this brief when you have a second. This is the government's brief explaining to…

All right, so I expect to cover this more at the Summit next week but I need to spend a few minutes talking about call content TCPA claims because these…

Should come as no surprise that this year's Summit was a sell out. No more tickets. With two days of content on TCPA compliance and call deliverability issues there was…

Can an alleged pattern of unwanted calls and texts constitute an unfair trade practice in violation of state law? An interesting decision out of my home state delved into that…

An age-old question under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) – was a fax an unsolicited advertisement? – was presented to Judge Matthew T. Schelp in BPP v. CaremarkPCS Health,…

Here's another reminder as to why TCPA.World is one of the most widely read legal blogs on the planet. A story that won't get covered anywhere else--but that is incredibly…

Despite the promise of Facebook, the majority rule remains that ATDS complaints alleging the potential use of a predictive or power dialer are likely to survive the pleadings stage. The latest such…

Arguably nobody was a bigger winner on April 1, 2021 when the Supreme Court decided Facebook that political candidates. The Supremes essentially blessed the use of many forms of text messaging to…

I hate to seem unpleasant right ahead of Thanksgiving but I just read the Fralish discovery order and I'm grumpy. As one of the most experienced class action litigators in the…

Just a reminder--I was right. Here's the Order setting briefing. Note the issue on appeal. Right again. Amicus briefs due January 18, 2021. MEMORANDUM TO COUNSEL OR PARTIES Appeal Number:…

I'll keep this brief because its Thanksgiving week and we want to be grateful not annoyed. Nonetheless, as the Czar it is my duty to make sure you are all…

So last night the Fruit Duck conveyed the Czars personal gratitude to all TCPAWorld denizens (especially my clients--but also including everyone). Today I present the stories that you too should…

By most measures I'm a moderately successful guy. What's more, I've been able to maintain my success over a relatively lengthy period of time and despite numerous personality deficiencies. Ahem.…

Wanted to highlight this extremely interesting new complaint I picked up today. Robinhood Financial--which apparently operates some sort of self-serve online brokerage the kids are using these days-- has been…

The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation has unanimously approved the Anti-Spoofing Penalties Modernization Act of 2021 (Modernization Act). The bill, S. 594, was introduced in March of…

Well, here's another one of those articles with a bunch of stuff you'll only hear about from the Czar. You're welcome. So I'm starting to prepare materials for the Summit,…

So earlier in the week I covered a couple of rare but dangerous theories that the Plaintiffs bar is currently pursuing. Arguably the scariest "alternative" TCPA theory of all, however,…

I love being right all the time. You love it too, except having to hear me brag about it. October 28, 2021: "That said, this amended ruling is very likely…

The TCPA is often wrongly regarded as preventing solely ATDS calls. And while TCPA.World has been covering the onslaught of lawsuits arising out of prerecorded calls and purported violations of…

Editor's Note: Apparently the guy's name is Mike Lindell, not Frank Lindell. But either way, Real News. You know how I always say TCPA.World is the center of the legal…

All right, so this is the last time I'm going to promote this thing on TCPAWorld. If you're serious about understanding the law and complying with the TCPA--you'll be there.…

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed into law two bills that address robocall issues. The first bill, S-6267/A-268 , requires telecommunications providers to block certain numbers. As described by…

One of the biggest TCPA trends earlier in the year was the onslaught of suits against cannabis companies related to marketing texts. After my big interview with the National Cannabis…

One things clever class action lawyers like to do is bring claims by multiple plaintiffs in a single case, even where the plaintiffs received calls in different jurisdictions. Combining claims…

As I've been saying, text messages are the safest channel of communication post Facebook. Here's another example. Guy talks to company. Company sends texts. Guy sends no consent. Court says--doesn't matter.…

The Ninth Circuit footprint is renowned for being consumer litigation friendly. And in many instances it absolutely deserves that reputation. There is one very nice upside to litigating in the…

You know those movies where the heroes are pinned down against impossible odds and then the white knight suddenly appears and bails them out? Well, here comes Fluent charging in…

Here's another one of those "the Czar is always right" sort of stories. Turn away if you don't want to hear about it. So you'll remember the story from about…

Good evening my TCPA.World. Ever so awake at night. Glistening streets bathed in neon, and all that. A little potpourri for you this evening. First, I am so pleased to…

A while back I wrote about a case where the Court had placed the burden on the Defendant to disprove the use of an ATDS, when the Plaintiff should have been required…

Its odd to think I’ve been talking about this for nearly three years. On December 12, 2018 the FCC first announced the creation of the reassigned number database. The results…

What a lovely headline. Got your attention? Excellent. Welcome to the blog. So, I've often mused that one needs a higher level of consent to call that handsome stranger's cell…