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COMING OUT SWINGING: R.E.A.C.H. Comment Urges FCC to Reject Public Knowledge Proposal, Adopt R.E.A.C.H. Standards, Reign in Out-of-Control Wireless Carrier Call Blocking and Labeling

JUST THE FACTS: The Department of Justice Pledges to Crack Down on A.I. Users that Go Too Far

THE RISE OF AI AND THE CRACK DOWN OF THE FTC: guidance you need to know around the use of AI from The FTC

TCPAWORLD AFTER DARK: the last gasp of humanity? let’s cash in.

EESH: TCPA Defendant’s Creative Argument Called “Absurd”–And Its Not Hard to See Why

A-MAY-ZING: Two HUGE Upcoming FREE Webinars Will But the Zing in Your May– PLUS That Special Thing You’ve Heard Whispers About

POT KETTLE BLACK: Andrew Perrong BLASTED By Federal Judge For “Gamesmanship of the Lowest Order”

JUST FLAT UNAMERICAN: TCPA Plaintiff Brings Class Action Against MLB’s Chicago Cubs and Things Have Simply Gone Too Far

READ ALL ABOUT IT– HERE IS YOUR DEFINITIVE LOOK AT THE NEW FTSA AMENDMENTS THAT JUST CHANGED EVERYTHING(Buckle Up)

BIG NEWS?: Court Confirms Call Offering Business Loan Does not Trigger FTSA– But Does it Matter Anymore?

WOW!: Amendment to Gut FTSA Passes Florida House– Bill Sent to Senate for Final Vote!!!

TCPA QUICK HITTER: Realgy Energy Compelled to Identify Lead Supplier that Allegedly Made Illegal Calls

HERE IT IS!: Your Critical Breakdown of the Four Main Types of California Invasion of Privacy Act Violations That Could Cost You Millions (Even if You Don’t Do Business in Cali!)

TIMELINE: Things Are Moving Fast In TCPAWorld Right Now– Here are some KEY Dates to Keep in Mind

(Full episode) DESERVE TO WIN (Ep. 12)– Omar Khouri w/ TCPAWorld Crew Yapping about the Wrong Number Bar

TCPAWORLD AFTERDARK: Webinar Tomorrow, Podcast Tomorrow, TCPA Today Today

NOT FUNNY: Unamused Court Denies TCPA Defendant’s Long Shot Motion–Ruins Important Case Law In the Process

TCPA SUMMIT REVIEW: Another Amazing Time–So Much Learned and So Much Shared

HAND IT OVER: New Fraud-Stopping TCPA Ruling Requires TCPA Plaintiff to Turn Over Texts and Internet Search History–But It Could Have Been Even Better

The Big Law Layoffs Are Here… Right Before the Holidays. #Classy

Real or Troll?

Discovery Records Chase comes to an end when a FL Court orders Defendant to Produce Plaintiff’s and Putative Class Members’ Call Records (before Class Certification)

CRITICAL ALERT– FCC ASKED TO SHUT DOWN LEAD GENERATORS!: How Will Industry Respond? (R.E.A.C.H. to the Rescue?)

TCPAWORLD AFTER DARK: The FCC Just Killed a Carrier, and Its Just the Weirdest Thing…

TCPAWORLD AFTER DARK: Why the Ninth Circuit’s Borden Ruling Might be the BIGGEST TCPA TRAP Of All Time

“CONFUSION SANDWICH” REJECTED: NINTH CIRCUIT SHUTS THE DOOR ON ATDS CLAIMS Holding Only Randomly Generated Telephone Numbers Trigger The TCPA

CHRISTOPHER LACCINOLE SMACKED DOWN: Court Grants Summary Judgment to Collections Law Firm in TCPA Wrong Number Case

$1,000 A CALL IN TEXAS?: Another Court Holds Automatic Double Recovery For TCPA Violations Permitted Under 305.053 of Texas Business and Commerce Code–But Here’s Why That’s Not Quite Right

GAME CHANGER?: Court Holds TCPA Express Written Consent Can Be Obtained In Adhesion Contract In What Appears to be a Nationwide First–But Watch Out

LAWHQ CASTS ITS VOTE: New TCPA Power Firm Sues National Republican Congressional Committee in FTSA Class Action– Guy Claims 765 Spam Texts After Opting Out 100 Times!

USE THE REASSIGNED NUMBER DATABASE OR ELSE!: Court Refuses to Recognize ANY Safe Harbor Where Number Changes Hands

YEAR END SPRINT STARTS NOW: Here’s the Deal on Year End Review Advertisements, R.E.A.C.H., the BIG Troutman Firm Holiday Party and Other FUN (IMPORTANT)Stuff

DESTROYED: FTC LEVELS INCREIDBLE $100MM PENALTY AGAINST VONAGE FOR DARK PATTERNS–And YOU’D Better Be Paying Attention!

HAPPY OTSA DAY! Oklahoma Telephone Solicitation Act goes into effect, starting TODAY!

WHAT A MONTH!: October, 2022 Was a MASSIVE Month for TCPAWorld and the Troutman Firm

TURNABOUT: TCPA Defendant Recovers Damages (Fees) Against Plaintiff That Created His Own Lawsuit—But It Could have Been Worse

AMBULANCE CHASER?: MyPillow and Mike Lindell Facing MASSIVE EXPOSURE Over 236 Million Allegedly Illegal Marketing Text Messages–But This Depo Transcript Is Priceless

MANUFACTURED TCPA CLAIM TOSSED: Court Finds Christopher Laccinole Lacks Standing to Sue–But It Could Have Been Even Sweeter

SO MUCH ENGAGEMENT: Troutman Firm Lined Up to Attend a Bunch of GREAT 4th Quarter Events–Plus REALLY SPECIAL Opportunities Around the Corner

TRILLION DOLLAR CASE?: Meta Sued in MASSIVE CIPA Suit–And if the Allegations Are True It Could Be One of the Largest Lawsuits Ever

WELCOME TO MIAMI!: Troutman Firm Opens New Florida (Miami) Office With MONSTER Addition of Jenniffer Cabrera of DMM

HAPPY HALLOWEEN: HERE ARE THE TOP 10 SCARIEST TCPA STORIES OUT THERE TO FREAK YOU OUT THIS YEAR

SIX MEXICAN WORKERS SAVE VISALUS!: Ninth Circuit Holds Aggregated TCPA Class Action Damages Unconstitutional in a STUNNING New Ruling Upending TCPAWorld

THE CFPB IS DEAD (FOR NOW)!: Fifth Circuit (Correctly) Holds the CFPB’s Funding Was Unconstitutional–Strikes Down Pay Day Lending Rules (and A Lot More)

JUST AWFUL: TCPA Standing Limits Eroded as Porch Loses Appeal Claiming it Could Cold Call Business Owners Who Publicly List Their Numbers Without Consent

Wrong Party Consent is No Defense: Court Refuses to Dismiss TCPA Suit Arising Out of Consent of Third Party

AEP SEASON STARTS TOMORROW! Here Are Some Compliance Tips to Keep You Safe And Stress Free This Season.

FRANKLIN DEFEATS ANOTHER TCPA SUMMARY JUDGEMENT: Questions Still Lie About Consent Revocation And The Use of Prerecorded Calls

RETURN OF THE QUEEN(IE)!: Well Folks, Its OFFICIAL–Puja J. Amin Joins Troutman Firm and This Changes Everything…

TCPAWORLD AFTER DARK: So Much Momentum…

GREENWALD STRIKES AGAIN: Obtains $5MM Settlement from Snap Financial After TCPA Wrong Number Class Certification

SHORT CUT: First District Court Applying Panzarella Approach Grants Judgment to TCPA Defendant–But Does It Take ATDS Analysis Down the Wrong Road?

FASHIONABLE LAWSUIT: Edgy Dispenser of Faux Fashion Urban Outfitters Faces FTSA Class Action for Blast Text Messages

MORE NEEDED: First Case Out Addressing FTSA Autodialer Pleading Standard Requires More than Threadbare Pleading

CONTRACTS RULE: Another Court Holds Seller Cannot Be Liable for Marketer’s TCPA Violations Where the Contract Prohibits the Conduct

THE WOLF STRIKES AGAIN!: Massive New Certification Ruling Against Citizens Disability May Lead To Even More TCPA Headaches for Lead Buyers

HERE THEY ARE–THE THREE MOST VALUAABLE TCPA SLIDES OUT THERE

THE NEXT TCPA MEGA-TRIAL APPEARS TO BE SET: Coldwell Banker and Realogy Appear to Be Headed to the Jury On $225MM TCPA Claim

TCPAWORLD AFTER DARK: Did You Know Troutman Firm Offers 100% Paid Platinum PPO Health Insurance?

MUST READ: A $25k PER VIOLATION SUPER TCPA IS IN THE WORKS IN MICHIGAN–And it is BIGGER, BADDER (And BETTER WRITTEN) Than Any Other Robocall Statute to Date

YES, THE CFPB IS NOW REGULATING DIGITIAL MARKETERS—AND THAT’S JUST AS SCARY AS IT SOUNDS

GETTING PERSONAL: Credit Pros’ President and Chief Compliance Officer Kaplan Stuck in TCPA Case Over Credit Improvement Text Messages

LE SIGH: Another Court Holds the FTSA Is Constitutional, and Yes, Text Messages Are Calls under the TCPA (Probably)

INCREDIBLE TCPA WIN: TCPA Class Action Against CarGuard Thrown Out as Troutman Firm Delivers MASSIVE First-In-the-Nation Result

“CRAFTY”: Court Finds Robinhood’s Lawyers “Deliberate Misconstruction” of CEMA Not Enough to Extract It From Case Involving One of the Most Dangerous State Laws Out There

DEBT COLLECTION LIMIT: Court Finds Servicer’s Neutrally-Worded Voicemail Advising of Payment Options Does Not Constitute Debt Collection

TCPAWORLD AFTERDARK: Doc Compton Gets his Big Moment And I’m SMH

TCPAWORLD AFTERDARK: Mail Bag! (This is What I Do It For Folks)

BLOOD IN THE WATER: DirecTV, LLC Faces Another $100,000,000 TCPA Exposure Days After Settling TCPA Suit for $17,000,000–And its Only Going to Get Worse

YEP, INCENTIVE AWARDS ARE REALLY DEAD: En Banc Panel Denial–Issued Against A Blistering Dissent–Assures that Class Action Representatives Can’t Get Paid in the Eleventh Circuit

TCPA QUICK HITTER: Court Holds Plaintiff Must Actually Have Personally Registered their Number on the DNC–and That’s Awesome

THE END OF THE ROBO KING?:The State of Ohio and Attorney General Dave Yost are leading the efforts to take down the most notorious robo-caller of all time.

THE WAIT CONTINUES: Standing Punt Denies TCPAWorld Much Needed Ruling on Minor’s Consent

TCPA CLASS ACTION NEUTRALIZER: Court Holds Voicemails Do Not Always Cause Article III Harm–Denies Certification Based on Unnamed Class Member Standing

TCPAWORLD AFTER DARK: I’m the Luckiest Guy in the World (But You Already Knew That)

FUTURE PROOF: Deserve to Win (Ep. 2) Podcast Drops with GUEST Dan Greenwell–TCPAWorld’s 2022 Innovator of the Year!

GOOD HANDS?: Allstate Faces Massive Exposure After Telemarketing Vendor Hired By Agents (Allegedly) Failed to Scrub Against Corporate DNC List

R.I.P. Roe: Here’s Why No One Should Be Happy About Dobbs

Credit Card Issuer Wins Big ATDS Ruling in TCPA Suit Arising out of Debt Collection Calls

So I just Got Off the Phone With Congress…

TCPAWORLD After Dark: Lawyer Who Successfully Argued Facebook Appeal Wins Big Case–Leaves Big Law

HAPPYNESS: A Court in a TCPA Case Just Gave One of the Cleanest Explanations of Personal Jurisdiction I Have Ever Seen and It Makes Me Smile

TCPAWORLD ON FIRE: Here are All the MOST IMPORTANT TCPA-Related Stories in One Place

FTSA PARADE: Florida’s Mini-TCPA Continues to Generate a Steady Drumbeat of Litigation–is Oklahoma Next?

NIHLISM: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Holds Everything is an ATDS–But that it Doesn’t Really Matter Anyway (Chaos Ensues)

BREAKING: Third Circuit COA Issues STUNNING ATDS Case–Determines SQL Database Part of ATDS “Equipment” But Only ACTUAL USE of ATDS Functionalities Trigger Statute

Hot CIPA Summer: Internet “Wiretapping” Claims Are Heating Up in California–Here’s Why They Shouldn’t Be

GOOD REMINDER: Court Holds TCPA “Not Intended to Stop a [Company] From Calling its Customers”

HOLD ONTO YOUR HATS: Interlocutory Appeal Granted in Case that Could Determine the Fate of Facebook’s FN7

FIGHTS COMING: FTC Hiring Litigation Support Specialists for Bureau of Consumer Protection/ Division of Litigation Technology & Analysis

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS DOESN’T VIOLATE THE TCPA: Court Gives Treasure Island’s AI Text Bot “Ivy” a TCPA Pass—But Did it BUST On the Ruling?

CIPA/TCPA CATASTROPHE: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal Issues Ruling that Could (Literally) Break the Internet and its No Fun at All

CALLS TO FORMER CUSTOMERS LEAD TO TCPA CLASS ACTION: Court Holds Win-Back Campaign Calls by Publisher Cannot be Compelled to Arbitration

SPECTACTULAR TCPA WIN AGAINST MANUFACTURED CLAIM!: Nathen W. Barton Must Pay $40,000 for Willingly Providing Phone Number in a Bid to “Manufacture” a TCPA Claim

PTC vs TCPA: Why the Added “A” Makes a World of Difference for Medicarians (Like Me!)

Debt Collectors Beware: Court Certifies TCPA Suit Involving ATDS Calls to Skiptraced Numbers—And There’s a Twist

WHAT CORPORATE VEIL?: Even TCPA Plaintiffs Without Lawyers Are Successfully Suing Officers of Corporate Entities Personally These Days

BIG NEWS IN THE BIG APPLE: New York Legislature Passes Law Requiring Marketers to Lead With their Chin

BIG NEWS AT THE FTC: DEMOCRATS FINALLY GET THE MAJORITY BACK

DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD: Call Recording Sinks TCPA Defendant’s Claim of Consent