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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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When the Plaintiff’s Own Exhibit Blows Up Her Argument: Desouza v. Ralph Lauren

When the Plaintiff’s Own Exhibit Blows Up Her Argument: Desouza v. Ralph Lauren

Ecommerce Innovation Alliance

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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Perrong v. Bradford: Legislative Communications Not Covered by the TCPA

Third Circuit Rules that Legislative Communications Not Covered by the TCPA

Ecommerce Innovation Alliance

November 3, 2025

A recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Perrong v. Bradford has gained attention from the business and policy community. The case was filed by Andrew  R. Perrong a TCPA plaintiff’s lawyer who, according to one court order, is “a habitual litigant with extensive familiarity with the TCPA” that has engaged in “gamesmanship of the lowest order,”. Perrong has pursued this case in his own name, rather than on behalf of a client, as he has done in dozens of other cases filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  …

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