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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”

10Apr 2026
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#BIGLAW BEHAVING BADLY: Troutman Pepper (NOT Amin!), Lewis Brisbois and Jones Day All In The News This Week For the Worst Reasons

Troutman Pepper is my least favorite law firm in America. Because they use my name! NO TROUTMANS WORK THERE! And…

10Apr 2026
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BEST COLD EMAIL EVER

So as you all know I hate these unethical and misleading “Super Lawyer” or “Best Lawyer” lists. Such a joke.…

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TCPAWORLD AFTERDARK: remember this

24 Jan 202524 Jan 2025
Editor's note: Lending Tree is either lying or violated federal law. Not sure which-- do you know? Good day today. Or should have been. We all came together for a…
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HOLY SMOKES: IMC JUST WON ITS APPEAL!!!!!!!!!!! AND I AM STARTING A SLOW CLAP

24 Jan 202527 Jan 2025
Editor's note: complete analysis of the ruling is here: Czar's definitive analysis. *insert slow clap meme here* Well done guys. Well done. And respect to the hard working clerks at…
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STAY GRANTED!!!!!!!!!: FCC Postpones One-to-One Effective Date for Up To One Year!!

24 Jan 202513 Mar 2025
Editor's Note: The order was also set aside by the Eleventh Circuit just minutes after the stay was entered! Sometimes when you help save the world you just have to…
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FOR THE PRESS: Here is Why R.E.A.C.H. is Pushing for a Stay of the FCC’s One-to-One TCPA Consent Rule

24 Jan 202524 Jan 2025
Getting a ton of press inquiries right now. Love you all but don't have time to statements to each of you today. Please feel free to use any portion of…
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FINAL DAY UPDATE: Several Efforts Grind Forward But One-to-One Still On Track to Go Into Effect Monday

24 Jan 202524 Jan 2025
Well folks, its down to the wire. With just one business day remaining until one-to-one goes into effect on Monday several efforts to stay or quash the ruling are ongoing,…
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TCPAWORLD AFTERDARK: You Know Where We Are Tonight…

23 Jan 202524 Jan 2025
If we look tired its because we are. But we started something and we're going to finish it. You know where we are tonight. Precisely where we're supposed to be.…
Class Actions

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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#BIGLAW = BIG SETTLEMENTS?: A Pair of Massive New $20MM+ Settlements Highlight the Dangers of the TCPA– And Choosing the Wrong Counsel

23 Jan 202524 Jan 2025
Its a familiar script. Company hires big law firm who claims to know how to defend TCPA class actions. Typically these guys have handled only a fraction of the TCPA…
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THE LATEST: Here’s that Incredible Webinar with Accelerated Automation CEO Mariah Gates on TCPA, One-to-One And Getting Information You Can Trust

23 Jan 202523 Jan 2025
So things are very fluid in TCPAWorld right now in the final days before one-to-one takes effect. We know R.E.A.C.H. has an emergency petition with the FCC pending seeking to…
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TCPAWORLD AFTERDARK: winners win

22 Jan 202523 Jan 2025
First after dark post of 2025. Hear me, and remember this. There is only one rule for all mankind: Winners win. Losers lose. And that's how it is. Troutman Amin,…
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NCLC RESPONDS TO R.E.A.C.H. PETITION: Takes Extreme Position–Rock and Roll

22 Jan 202523 Jan 2025
So NCLC has scrambled to put together their opposition to R.E.A.C.H.'s emergency petition to stay the one-to-one rule. Their position-- Trump can't stay agency rulings without a separate notice and…
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WILL ONE-TO-ONE RULE LEAD TO MORE FORIEGN SPAM CALLS?: Newsmax Runs Story With Interesting Take on One-to-One

22 Jan 202522 Jan 2025
I think most observers are in alignment that although the one-to-one rule is not good for small business it is likely to cut down on unwanted calls received by consumers.…
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MEANWHILE AT THE SUPREME COURT: Justices Seem Leery of Striking Down Hobbs Act Authority Just as New FCC TCPA Rulings May Go Into Effect

22 Jan 202522 Jan 2025
Its almost like TCPAWorld is a Netflix series right now. There are so many moving pieces and high stakes drama all over the place-- which, I am told, is what…
Class Actions…

UNWANTED TEXTS, UNWANTED TROUBLE: LG’s Labor Day Discounts Come with a Price

21 Jan 2025
Greetings, TCPA World! Don’t change the channel. LG Electronics U.S.A. is central to a federal class action lawsuit over its 2024 Labor Day promotional campaign. See McGonigle v. LG Elecs.…
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BREAKING: R.E.A.C.H. Files Emergency FCC Petition to Stay One-to-One Rule Following Trump Executive Order

21 Jan 202522 Jan 2025
All right folks, hold on to your hats. Late last night R.E.A.C.H. filed an emergency petition with the FCC requesting it to stay effectiveness of the one-to-one rule in light…
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WELL THAT WAS NICE: Democratic FCC Commissioner “Welcome[s]” The Opportunity to Work with Olivia Trusty

20 Jan 202522 Jan 2025
So last week now-President Trump suggested he would nominate Olivia Trusty to serve as the fifth FCC commissioner and return the FCC to full strength. https://tcpaworld.com/2025/01/16/breaking-trump-to-nominate-olivia-trusty-as-fifth-fcc-commissioner/ We did a profile…
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ONE WEEK AWAY WEBINAR!: FCC One-to-One Rule Becomes Effective on Monday! Are YOU Ready?

20 Jan 202521 Jan 2025
Probably my best alliteration of all time. And it really gets you wondering about "one" not being spelled with a W in all contexts. Regardless, we are just one week…
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OVER $165 MILLION CIVIL PENALTY HANDED OUT IN MASSACHUSETTS: Deceptive Insurance Marketing Scamming Vulnerable Consumers

17 Jan 2025
Everyone in marketing loves to be creative and is looking for that edge to one-up the competition. But keep in mind that the more creative the message is and the…
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TIKTOK BAN UPHELD BY SCOTUS– IS TCR NEXT?

17 Jan 202520 Jan 2025
So the US Supreme Court today upheld a law requiring that abysmal TikTok app to either by sold or face a nationwide ban. The basis for the law is TikTok's…
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SHE BELONGS!: Trump’s New FCC Pick Olivia Trusty Appears Incredibly Well Qualified– and Even Had a Hand Drafting the TRACED Act

17 Jan 202520 Jan 2025
Usually when there is a nomination to the FCC the individual nominated is at least somewhat within the Czar's orbit. Truthfully, Ms. Trusty is not. Other than being connected on…
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BREAKING: TRUMP TO NOMINATE OLIVIA TRUSTY AS FIFTH FCC COMMISSIONER

16 Jan 202517 Jan 2025
Trusty is currently a staffer for Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS). Trump made his announcement on Truth Social. Rosenworcel will be stepping down on Monday reducing the number of Commissioners from…
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FTC WENT TOO FAR: Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Findings Against Lead Generators– But Finds FTC Went Too Far in Pursuing Dead Guy’s Estate

16 Jan 202517 Jan 2025
So a while back I wrote a blog about the extremely dire consequences of violating the TCPA and TSR. As I reported, not only were a bunch of companies hit…
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HUGE TCPA WIN: CrossCountry Mortgage Walks Away from Putative TCPA Class Action After Court Refuses to Allow Plaintiffs to Change their Story to Match Defendant’s Records

16 Jan 2025
People assume that just because a lawsuit is filed it has merit. That is completely untrue. Many times litigators will file suit and change their story to try to match…
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SIXTH DAY OF CZARMAS!: An INCREDIBLE 29th (Special Holiday) Edition of the Deserve to Win Podcast Filmed at the Firm’s 2024 Retreat!!! (Yes, this is the one of us in our pajamas)

15 Jan 202516 Jan 2025
Well the entire Troutman Amin, LLP team got together in Birmingham, Alabama in December, 2024 for the firm's famous annual retreat and holiday party!!!! And the first thing the Czar…
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CHASE: JP Morgan Chase Allowed to Pursue Debt Against TCPA Litigant via Counterclaim

15 Jan 202516 Jan 2025
Real quick one for you. This lady named Gina Henry allegedly owed Chase Bank some money. It made collection calls to her and Henry sued for TCPA violations. Chase countersued…
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“A MESS”: Brandon Callier Defeats TCPA Defendant’s Summary Judgment Motion And TCPA Defense Lawyers Need to Do Better

15 Jan 202515 Jan 2025
Not everyone can be the Czar--I get it-- but... gees. What is going on with the practice of law these days? I know, I know-- I sound like an old…
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D’ART OF WAR: Family Favorite Food Supplier Prepares For TCPA Battle.

15 Jan 202515 Jan 2025
Hey TCPAWorld! Things are heating up as we’re less than two weeks away from one-to-one consent starting January 27, 2025. If your business engages in telemarketing or relies on leads,…
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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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PLAUSIBLE: First ATDS Ruling of 2025 Goes Poorly For Defendant– But Troutman Amin Helps Them Win (Even Though They Aren’t a Client)

13 Jan 202515 Jan 2025
The battle over the contours of the TCPA's ATDS definition continues unabated nearly 4 years after the Supreme Court handed down its critical ruling in Facebook v. Duguid. In that case…
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WRONG PERSON: Arbitration Denied in TCPA Suit As Camping World Looks to Have Texted a Reassigned Number– But Why?

13 Jan 202515 Jan 2025
Another day, another difficult TCPA ruling involving an online webform submission. This time arbitration was denied in a putative TCPA class action arising out of a webform submission on campingworld.com.…
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FIFTH DAY OF CZARMAS!: How About a Lead Gen TCPA Compliance Checklist? (AWESOME!)

10 Jan 202513 Jan 2025
So we here at Troutman Amin are constantly supplying the lead gen community with information they need to stay compliant. I mean we have an entire section of TCPAWorld.com that…
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INCARCERTATION STATION: Failing to Respond to TCPA Subpoenas Is Leading to Threats of Jail Time and It is a Little Scary

10 Jan 202513 Jan 2025
So not long ago I did a story on a guy who is potentially subject to arrest by federal marshals for failing to respond to a subpoena in a TCPA…
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FOURTH DAY OF CZARMAS!: Deserve to Win Magazine (January, 2025) is Free to ALL!!!!

9 Jan 202510 Jan 2025
Well folks it is the Fourth Day of Czarmas and I have a very special gift for all of you. Deserve to Win Magazine (January, 2025) is out NOW and…

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