United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) is the largest wholesale mortgage company in the country.  It is also the largest overall residential lender and the largest purchase lender in the country (according…

The saga of Abante Rooter is an epic tale here in TCPAWorld. The company has filed dozens (hundreds?) of TCPA suits, often times as putative class actions, arising from alleged…

The TCPA class actions are just pouring in folks. Not long ago I covered new suits against the NFL and others and last week we saw TCPA class cases come…

Just awesome news here. A putative TCPA class action brought by serial litigant Todd Bank recently met with a swift and certain demise at the hands of Countess Jenniffer Cabrera…

Its raining trouble on a certain well-known insurance company. https://tcpaworld.com/2024/03/29/stunning-vicarious-liability-loss-for-allstate-allstate-loses-summary-judgment-and-is-found-to-have-willfully-violated-tcpa-through-acts-of-independent-agents-and-the-entire-insurance-industry-is-on/ Following its stunning vicarious liability loss that turned the insurance-industry upside down last week, Allstate is facing another TCPA class…

There’s been a lot of talk recently about trigger leads and whether or not they should be legal or even if they are helpful. But, what exactly are trigger leads?…

The National Consumer Law Center ("NCLC") advocates day and night to Congress and the FCC for a broader TCPA and more lawsuits. Unsurprisingly, they make MILLIONS off of these lawsuits--all…

Netflix today announced a further foray into reality television with a focus on the legal industry as it launches its new series "O.C. Law." "Following the success of Selling Sunset…

So hanging out with my kids for Spring Break and while they build legos I figured I'd do a quick project-- ranking the world's largest law firms by YouTube followers.…

A quick little update to the blog I posted last Friday. Maine and Wisconsin Governors both signed off on the pending bills this week. Let's dig in below! https://tcpaworld.com/2024/03/22/someone-or-should-i-say-some-states-have-been-busy-see-who-is-passing-new-telemarketing-bills-and-who-is-only-at-the-introduction-stage/ On…

Holy moly. Let's talk about insurance real quick. Insurers often sell their products using a combination of employees, captive and independent agents and affiliated brokers. While insurers understand they are…

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Another week, another high dollar TCPA settlement netting over a million in fees for a Plaintiff's law firm. Jeremy M. Glapion and Bradford Rothwell Sohn just netted over a million…

The enforceability of online consent forms should be a fairly straightforward matter in TCPA cases, but some courts struggle to apply the rules properly. That was not the case in…

The line between a solicitation and an informational message is often shifting. At one extreme are a handful of decisions suggesting most any communication from a for-profit business will constitute…

was reflecting this evening. This email from EMF today reminded me so much of another email I saw not long ago. https://tcpaworld.com/2023/08/24/pace-update-is-there-any-truth-to-the-rumors/ Remember this? https://tcpaworld.com/2023/11/08/breaking-effectively-immediately-all-pace-meetings-and-services-will-cease-40-year-old-telemarketing-trade-organization-shuts-down-blames-covid/ And then remember this? Two…

So 2024 has been one for the record books in terms of new regulatory changes impacting callers--particularly telemarketers. The FCC, of course, has issued three massive rulings that upend the…

Robert's pants are on fire. Here are all the emails between MEF and Puja: 1 FW_ MEF Events 2 FW_ [MEF Miami] Invitation to be a Panelist 3 FW_ [MEF…

So as everyone knows Mobile Ecosystem Forum disrespectfully (disgustingly?) kicked Puja off a panel on International Woman's Day in the most dismissive way possible. This lead to protests and, it…

Awww the TCPA, the great legal equalizer. It doesn't matter if you're a massive international conglomerate or a tiny small business-- no one is immune from the predatory plaintiff's bar…

Everyone knows Brandon Callier around TCPAWorld. How the guy has survived so long filing TCPA cases of highly questionable merit is beyond me. But here he is. Collecting chips. In Callier…

Because it has been a while and because it is Friday why don’t we start the weekend with a nice big glass of state telemarketing bills? A few updates on…

There is a fast-moving bill in Congress proposed by Frank Pallone. H.R. 7520 known as Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 the goal is to “prohibit data…

TEMU invites folks to "shop like a billionaire" but it just took a massive hit in a case that may make a group of Plaintiff's lawyers millionaires--again. So the biggest…

Looks like the Do Not Disturb Act might not be the only proposed changes to the TCPA in Congress. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill) introduced a new bill aimed to make…

Eesh, I really want to be supportive of IMC's efforts to stall out or unplug the FCC's new one-to-one ruling but these arguments are... not the greatest. Weird that no…

Queenie is on a roll (but isn't she always). Fresh off of effectuating change with international trade organization MEF, she is set to join the BRILLIANT lady-CEO of Botsplash Aru…

So as everyone knows, Troutman Amin, LLP and the Mobile Ecosystem Forum have not been getting along lately. MEF president Dario Betti booted my partner off a panel at their…

The story of Rhodes is an interesting one that we have covered on TCPAWorld for years. https://tcpaworld.com/2020/01/31/federal-robocall-watchdogs-flex-enforcement-muscles/ This is one of the rare cases where a PLATFORM was held liable…

Well folks, today has really been a day around here. For those of you who missed it--and I don't think anyone did--the MEF forum in Miami, Florida today was subject…

MEF President Dario Betti has the look of a man who has no idea what just hit him... A large group of angry protestors held signs and chanted “We stand…

So a ton of pictures and videos are being sent to me right now from protestors on the ground. Trying to gather them all together Apparently Dario badly underestimated the…

there will be more people protesting tomorrow than attending the event. Sad little sign its too bad. Sad little space but this is how it must be. Sad little basement…