Specialty Medical Inc. v. Mark Dobronski TCPA case

65 TCPA Lawsuits, One Destroyed Computer, and a Federal Judge Who Had Enough

Ecommerce Innovation Alliance

April 13, 2026

A Missouri federal court's devastating 26-page sanctions order in Human v. Fisher Investments offers a rare, detailed look at the predatory litigation model that has become a growing threat to legitimate businesses — including ecommerce merchants. Last week, Judge Matthew T. Schelp of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri issued one of the most striking TCPA sanctions orders in recent memory…

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Arbitration Applies to TCPA

Appeals Court Rules Arbitration Applies to TCPA Marketing Texts — Even Years After a Customer Contract Ends

Ecommerce Innovation Alliance

March 12, 2026

On March 5th, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled in Kristi VonDeylen v. Aptive Environmental, LLC that claims brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) must be resolved through arbitration when they relate to a contractual relationship between a consumer and a business — even if the messages at issue were sent years after the original services ended.…

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Specialty Medical Inc. v. Mark Dobronski TCPA case

Federal Court Gives a TCPA Troll a Taste of His Own Medicine: Specialty Medical Inc. v. Mark Dobronski

Ecommerce Innovation Alliance

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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