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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”

8Dec 2023
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WORKING FOR FREE?: Court Refuses to Let TCPA Defendant’s Counsel Withdraw From Case And This is a Reminder to Hug Your Lawyer

Being a litigator is a weird gig. You take on other people’s biggest problems and endless responsibilities. While other professions…

7Dec 20237 Dec 2023
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NEW RECORD-KEEPING REQUIREMENTS?: Why an Overlooked Portion of the FCC’s New Ruling May Be Among its Most Impactful

Editor’s Note: This is the fifth in a series of articles from TCPAWorld.com addressing the impact of the FCC’s new…

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“Unwanted”: LawHQ Just Sued The Litigation Practice Group in a TCPA Class Action for Allegedly Sending Ringless Voicemails And There’s More Here than Meets the Eye

13 Nov 202314 Nov 2023
So suits by LawHQ have been pouring in lately. If you don't know about these guys you need to watch Episode 7 of Deserve to Win when we talk to the founder…
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PROPERLY REDACTED?: Court Looks For “Compelling Reason” to Redact Documents

9 Nov 2023
Hi TCPAWorld! The Baroness here. In a TCPA case Frantz Samson v. United HealthCare Services Inc., Defendant United HealthCare Services filed a motion to seal or redact three categories of…
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TCPAWorld After Dark: the vultures are out..

8 Nov 20238 Nov 2023
The PACE carcass isn't even cold yet and the vultures are out pecking... Beware. Here's a cold solicitation (ethical?) Apparently being sent around today by a law firm looking to…
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BREAKING “Effectively immediately, all PACE meetings and services will cease”: 40-Year Old Telemarketing Trade Organization Shuts Down–Blames COVID

8 Nov 202313 Nov 2023
So Professional Association of Customer Engagement (PACE) just bit the dust. Below is a statement from PACE out today that confirms its demise. This result has been rumored since merger…
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CLOSE SHAVE: Active Prospect Avoids Having to Produce 590,000 TrustedForm Certificates And It May Have Gotten Lucky

8 Nov 202313 Nov 2023
So could of angles to this one. First, something I LOVE-- TrustedForm. great product by a great company--Active Prospect--that helps people to stay TCPA compliance. Plus they were the sponsor…
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OCC TO LEAN ON BANKS REGARDING TCPA COMPLIANCE!: Primary Regulator Changes TCPA Examination Criteria for Major Banks And the Czar is About to be Even Busier

8 Nov 20238 Nov 2023
So more big TCPA news. The Office of the Comptroller of Currency issued an alert to the Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks, Federal Savings Associations, and Federal Branches…
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“CONCIOUS CHOICE”: Massive First-In-The-Nation TCPA Ruling Holds MMS Video Messages are NOT “Pre-Recorded” Calls– Gives Republicans Huge Victory in AZ

7 Nov 20238 Nov 2023
Editor's Note: there were actually two decisions handed out the same day by the same judge on the same topic. The first is discussed below. The second is Crawford v.…
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ONE MONTH AWAY!!!: The MASSIVE TCPA Summit Is Bigger than Ever This Year– And You HAVE TO BE THERE

6 Nov 202314 Nov 2023
Last year's AFTER DARK event... So we are ONE MONTH away from the biggest TCPA event of the year-- the big DNC.com TCPA summit in Clearwater Beach, Florida. Other than…
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SUPREMES TO CONSIDER TCPA AGAIN?: Plaintiff’s Bar Asks SCOTUS to Rule on ATDS Definition– AGAIN

6 Nov 20237 Nov 2023
So it has been just over two and a half years since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Facebook--a ruling unanimously holding that a system is not an ATDS for TCPA purposes…
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AT IT AGAIN: Diana Mey Sues Allstate For TCPA Violations-And This Time, Its Personal (Well, Not a Class Action)

3 Nov 20236 Nov 2023
You remember in the 80s when every ad for an action movie included the phrase "and this time, its personal." The Simpsons spoofed it a few times--loved that.  And now…
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STILL FIGHTING: R.E.A.C.H. Completes its 4th and 5th meetings with the Commission–All To Keep Leads Available to American Small Business

3 Nov 20236 Nov 2023
Responsible Enterprises Against Consumer Harassment (R.E.A.C.H.) really is an amazing organization. This incredible group of dozens of the most compliance-minded companies in the marketing world has come together to assure…
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TCPAWORLD After Dark: little league error

1 Nov 20233 Nov 2023
little known fact--the Czar coaches a little league team. The raptors. how do I have the time? I don't. but I do it anyway. And if this play had been…
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NIGHT DROP: Here it is– that INCREDIBLE Deserve to Win Episode 17 with Jeff Lohman talking Navient’s Crazy RICO Suit Agaist Him!!!!

1 Nov 20233 Nov 2023
One of the biggest stories in TCPAWorld history was the tale of Navient's RICO suit against TCPA attorney Jeff Lohman. The story went roughly like this. According to Navient--one of…
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MAJOR DEVELOPMENT!: President Biden Signs Executive Order Addressing Artificial Intelligence

1 Nov 2023
Hi TCPAWorld! It is a huge week for those of you using artificial intelligence in your business! If you have been keeping tabs on the White House’s latest movements, you'll…
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DIFFERENCE MAKER: Defendant Stuck in TCPA Suit When They Didn’t Make Use of Troutman Amin, LLP Pioneered Strategy

1 Nov 20231 Nov 2023
So we reported recently about a new case that took advantage of the Baroness' huge win in Bacarri.  https://tcpaworld.com/2023/10/06/on-the-shoulders-of-giants-troutman-amins-massive-win-last-year-helping-other-defendants-get-out-of-tcpa-class-actions/ Brass tacks-- in suits against a product seller arising out of illegal…
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NO MOORE: Allstate Agent’s Regrettable Motion to Dismiss Denied in TCPA Suit And There’s a Lesson Here

1 Nov 20231 Nov 2023
There are only a handful of truly inviolate rules in Civil Procedure. But for some reason TCPA defendants just cannot wrap their head around one of these rules--that extrinsic evidence…
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TCPAWORLD AFTER DARK: my horse naturally won…

31 Oct 20231 Nov 2023
Couple of things. First, I'd like to say R.I.P to Strook, Strook and Lavan. True story, my very first TCPA class action was originally assigned to Strook. Wells Fargo pulled…
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HAPPY HALOWEEN TCPAWORLD!: Here are MORE Scary Statistics to Freak You Out This Halloween (6th Edition)

31 Oct 20231 Nov 2023
What would the world be without tradition? Trite and uncertain, to say the least. But every Halloween for 6 years now TCPAWorld has woken up to a scary tale of…
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ROAD TRIP: Pro Se Plaintiff Ordered to Drive from Iowa to Florida for Deposition Because He Filed Suit There

30 Oct 202331 Oct 2023
Quick (fun) one for you. TCPA Plaintiffs often file suits outside of their home jurisdiction. In fact, we see it all the time. While we sometimes move to transfer cases…
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TCPAWORLD AFTERDARK: on christmas decorations..

26 Oct 2023
So I know I am old school. About everything really. But I can't handle Christmas decorations going up in October. It is not ok. It just is not. As a…
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HERE THEY ARE: Clips of MASSIVE Episode 17 of Deserve to Win– With Jeff Lohman Talking About Navient’s RICO Case Against Him!

26 Oct 202331 Oct 2023
So there's been tons of big news in TCPAWorld lately but one of the biggest stories was the RICO case brought by Navient against volume TCPA filer Jeff Lohman. Navient…
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LIMITLESS: Puja J. Amin is the Hottest Attorney in America Right Now—And it Has Nothing To Do With Her Looks

26 Oct 202330 Oct 2023
Editor's Note: Everyone has been so impressed with this article on Puja from Deserve to Win Magazine (Issue 2)--tons of feedback and engagement!-- that I decided to share on tcpaworld.com.…
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MUST WATCH: The Entire Troutman Amin, LLP Coverage of Yesterday’s Robocall Hearing Is Now Available–And Check These Clips!

25 Oct 202326 Oct 2023
So those of you who were up bright and early yesterday got to watch Queenie and I do LIVE coverage and analysis of the U.S. Senate robocall hearing yesterday. My…
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THE SOLUTION: Here Is How We Can Fix the Robocall Problem–and the Entire U.S. Telecom Meltdown–Once and For All

25 Oct 202326 Oct 2023
So I was very critical of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee hearing on robocalls and the TCPA yesterday--and for good reason. Nonetheless, I woke up this morning and remembered that it…
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NO SOLUTIONS: Disappointing Senate Hearing on TCPA and Robocalls Results In Little Meaningful Testimony and No Solutions

24 Oct 202325 Oct 2023
It was like watching a bunch of fifth graders discussing the problem of robocalls. Not much more I can say than that. The lack of understanding of the issues was…
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WATCH NOW LIVE!!!!– TCPAWORLD.COM’S COVERAGE OF THE SENATE SUBCOMITTEE HEARING BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE REASSIGNED NUMBERS DATABASE

24 Oct 202325 Oct 2023
  Our live coverage has ended. If you missed it you missed out! Quick synopsis here. More coverage soon on TCPAWorld.com and on our YouTube channel. Follow and keep up…
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WE GO LIVE IN 15 MINUTES!!

24 Oct 2023
Its still dark outside! TCPAWorld.com's LIVE and unprecedented coverage of the Senate Subcommittee TCPA Hearing starts at 6:45 am pacific. Don't miss it!
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GETTING IT DONE!: “Robocalls” Are Down By 1.5BB a Month As R.E.A.C.H. Has Massive Impact On Reducing Unwanted Calls

23 Oct 202324 Oct 2023
So back when I had former FCC Commissioner O'Reilly on my podcast a couple years ago robocalls had just hit their peak of about 5.8BB calls a month. Last month…
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TCPAWORLD AFTER DARK: get ready…

19 Oct 202323 Oct 2023
So there is a BUNCH TCPAWorld needs to be prepared for right now... First, holiday party is just around the corner as the Dame and Baroness explain in the latest…
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NOT ENOUGH: RevPoint Media Loses Bid to Hold Plural Marketing Solutions Liable for Bad Lead Underlying Massive Quote Wizard TCPA Law Suit

19 Oct 202323 Oct 2023
Its not every day you see a party fail twice to win a case where the other side hasn't even shown up. Well, today is just such a day. Everyone in the…
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U.S. SENATE SETS A HEARING ON TCPA!: Testimony on Protecting Americans From Robocalls Set for Next Week– Czar is NOT on Witness List

19 Oct 202319 Oct 2023
So I have been hinting for a few weeks now that a hearing was likely to be held in the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Media and Broadband on the TCPA…
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TCPAWORLD AFTER DARK: Somos Summit was incredible…

18 Oct 202319 Oct 2023
Have a fairly significant hearing in the morning so I have to make this unduly quick. Queenie and I adventured to our nation's capital this week to join the wonderful…
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PENNSYLVANIA TO POTENTIALLY ADD ANOTHER TOOL IN EFFORTS TO FOIL TELEMARKETERS

17 Oct 2023
Hello TCPAworld, it’s been a minute, but your Duchess is back in blogger mode. Never at the level of greatness as the Czar but I mean who can be, the…

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TCPAworld.com isn’t just a blog, its a lifestyle obsession for those that eat, sleep, and breathe the TCPA like we do.

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