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Eric Troutman

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Eric Troutman

    ‘BAMA BUSTER: N.D. Alabama Court Holds Texts Aren’t Calls And The TCPA’s DNC Protections Continue To Wither (opens the original)

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    Just yesterday I reported on a decision suggested the TCPA DNC rules do not apply to cell phones at all. Well today we have a more traditional ruling concluding SMS messages are not “telephone calls” for 229(c) purposes– spreading this holding to ne territory in Alabama for the first time. In Conrad v. Hart Consumer Products, 2026 WL 2741623 (N.D. Al. Sept. 16, 2026) the court concluded SMS messages are not calls for purposes of the TCPA’s DNC private right of action. To get there the Court firs

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Eric Troutman

    SMOKING: R.J. Reynolds Walks Away From TCPA Class Action As First Carolina Court Finds SMS Does Not Equal Calls (opens the original)

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    And like that the tide has officially turned, In Card v. R.J. Reynolds, 2026 WL 2673068 (M.D.N.C. Sept. 3, 2026) tobacco king R.J. Reynolds walked away from a robotext class action under the TCPA with a motion to dismiss victory. But the ruling has a wider symbolic impact– the M.D.N.C. just became the 16th different federal district court to hold text messages are not subject to the TCPA’s DNC protections. This compares to 15 holding the opposite. That means the MAJORITY RULE is now that SMS mes

  3. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Eric Troutman

    TCPAWORLD AFTERDARK: A Few Things (opens the original)

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    GenAI is a fun toy but it has no use in the practice of law. The Firm bans the use of GenAI and will never allow its knowing use on any of your matters. You agree not to expect or request the Firm to use GenAi for any substantive legal work—because we won’t. To maintain privilege—and avoid wasted time caused by AI mistakes and chaos slop—you also agree to never use GenAI to communicate with the Firm or to review, analyze, or summarize any documents or communications in connection with any matter

  4. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Eric Troutman

    Look Alive!: New Nprm Seks To Change Tcpa Rules On Two-Way Texting, Revocation And Affiliates (opens the original)

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    Yesterday we covered the FCC’s critical changes to the TCPA opt out and revocation rules. (This was a must read–check it out here if you haven’t yet.) Today we are going to dive into the FCC’s new NPRM that may–in many ways–be just as important. At a high level the NPRM seeks comment on: i) reducing the timeframe to honor revocation requests, ii) requiring two-way texting to facilitate revocation requests made in response to text messages, iii) requiring a “revoke all” method, and iv) how revoca

  5. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Eric Troutman

    Massive Change!: FCC Makes Critical Changes To TCPA Opt Out Rules That (Positively) Impact Every Business In The Nation– Listen Up! (opens the original)

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    TCPAWorld and Troutman Amin, LLP are always at the forefront of telecom and TCPA. You’ll notice, however, that while other firms were discussing the upcoming “nuclear” revocation ruling from the FCC we had stayed eerily silent on the subject. You probably wondered why. Well we had it on pretty good authority that rule was not going to move forward but we couldn’t discuss publicly until now. The FCC has just revealed the critical revisions to its TCPA revocation/opt out rules it has been working

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