Eric Troutman

Key Ruling in Multi-Account Debt Collection TCPA Case—Revocation on One Account Does Not Revoke Consent for Calls on Another Account

Court Credits Expert Finding that 75% of Cell Phone Numbers Are On Shared Plans; Rejects Certification of TCPA Wrong Number Class For Inability to Identify Harmed Class Members

Another California Court Follows Marks Because, Well, It has To

Big Evidentiary Win in TCPA Suit—Evidence of Defendant’s Prior Lawsuits, Settlements, and Communications With Third Parties Inadmissible in Individual TCPA Suit for Damages

TCPA in Review: Updated ATDS Scorecard Shows Marks Approach is Losing Ground—But “Capacity” And “System” Vagueness Remains

Whatever Happened to that Big Ringless Voicemail Decision We Were All Expecting? The Court Punted—For Now

First Court in Ninth Circuit Footprint Finds LiveVox HCI Does Not meet Marks ATDS Definition

Court Holds TCPA Is Not Void For Vagueness For Reasons That Are Not Entirely Clear

Big TCPA Win For Debt Collector—Court Refuses to Certify TCPA Case Against Debt Collector Allegedly Calling Wrong Numbers Because Data Lies and So Do People

Court Trebles TCPA Damages Against Debt Collector for Using Skip-Traced Numbers, Awards ~$300k

Court Rejects $6mm TCPA Class Settlement Because Class Definition Includes “Unascertainable” ATDS Reference

Why the Fate of the TCPA’s ATDS Definition May Hang on a Comma, Obscure Rules of Grammar, and One Bad Analogy

FCC Grants Further Extension on Reassigned Number Database Implementation

Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Statute Regulating Automated Calls on the Basis of Content—Misses The Irony

Another N.D. Ill. Case Applies Statutory Definition—But all Eyes Are On Gadelhak

Second Florida Court Applies Statutory ATDS Definition—But Dialer Wait Queue Messages Deemed Pre-Recoded Calls for TCPA Purposes

Big TCPA ATDS Win Affirmed by Sixth Circuit—But Opinion Leaves Room For Debate as to Scope of Decision

Ringless Voicemail Providers Begin to Fight Back Against TCPA Liability

Court Holds Five9’s Popular Cloud-Based Manual Dialing Solution May Still Have “Capacity” to Dial Randomly or Sequentially-and Its Just as Bad as it Sounds

TCPA Quick Hitter: Court in Arizona Unsurprisingly Follows Marks ATDS Formulation