Federal Court Gives a TCPA Troll a Taste of His Own Medicine: Specialty Medical Inc. v. Mark Dobronski
March 2, 2026
Two powerful TCPA decisions in three days is not a coincidence you get to write about very often. Just 48 hours after a federal magistrate judge in California denied Jamee Desouza's attempt to scrub her employer's name from the record in Desouza v. Ralph Lauren, a federal judge in Michigan issued an opinion that is, if anything, even more consequential for ecommerce brands tired of playing defense against professional plaintiffs. …
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When the Plaintiff’s Own Exhibit Blows Up Her Argument: Desouza v. Ralph Lauren
February 26, 2026
Every so often, a TCPA case comes along that reads less like a consumer protection dispute and more like a cautionary tale about the cottage industry of professional TCPA litigation — and what can happen when a plaintiff’s own paper trail tells a story she’d rather keep hidden. Desouza v. Ralph Lauren Corporation d/b/a Polo Factory Stores, is exactly that kind of case. On February 24, 2026, a federal magistrate judge denied the plaintiff’s motion for a protective order — a motion that was remarkable not just for what it sought, but for the glaring irony embedded in it.…
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The Fight Continues: Michigan Senate Passes SB 351 Despite Significant Risks to Ecommerce
January 31, 2026
For months, we have been on the ground in Lansing, meeting with legislators and sounding the alarm regarding Michigan Senate Bill 351. Despite this effort, yesterday, the Michigan Senate passed SB 351 with unanimous, bipartisan support. While the bill is framed as a crackdown on deceptive robocalls and phone scams—a goal we all share—the reality of the legislation remains deeply problematic for legitimate ecommerce businesses.…
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District Courts Are Split in Grappling Over Whether “Telephone Call” Means “Text Message” Under TCPA’s Private Right of Action for DNC Violations
December 22, 2025
The Supreme Court’s opinion in McLaughlin v. McKesson has ushered in a new era for TCPA litigation, and opened doors to challenges that defendants were precluded from making prior to the Supreme Court’s decision. The most recent litigation battleground McLaughlin has opened is the question of whether the words “telephone call” used in 47 U.S.C. § 227(c)(5) means “text message”. …
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State Attorneys General Target Major Telecom Infrastructure Providers For Delivering Illegal Robocalls
December 8, 2025
On December 3rd, the Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force, a bipartisan coalition of 51 Attorneys General, announced the launch of "Phase 2" of Operation Robocall Roundup. Moving beyond the smaller "gateway" providers targeted in previous actions, this new phase focuses on four of the largest voice service providers in the United States: Inteliquent (a Sinch company), Bandwidth Inc., Lumen Technologies, and Peerless Network (an Infobip company).…
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Common Sense Compliance: Why EIA is Fighting to Fix the FCC’s Consent Revocation Rules
David Carter
January 5, 2026
Today, the EIA filed critical comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to the Ninth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. As part of the Commission's ambitious "Delete, Delete, Delete" initiative—which seeks to excise obsolete and harmful regulations—we are seizing this opportunity to advocate for a modernization of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).…
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