August 2017 Holiday Call Restrictions
- August 7th: Civic Holiday (Canada)
- August 14th: Victory Day
- August 30th: Huey P. Long Day
Like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, the new breed of litigator may be hiding in your marketing data. Serial litigators are experienced plaintiffs who know all the tricks to lure a telemarketing business into a TCPA lawsuit; or worse, an even more costly class action. Serial litigators could be anyone, including the person receiving your next marketing call.
The FCC claims that Adrian Abramovich engaged in "neighbor spoofing," which is when ID information that is displayed on a caller ID is falsified to display the area code and the first three digits of the recipient's own phone number. This is a tactic used to increases the odds that the consumer will answer.
On June 13th, the Civil Justice Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee held a hearing on lawsuit abuse and the TCPA. The goal of the subcommittee was to discuss ways of modernizing the TCPA which was written before widespread use of cell phones.
Members of a House subcommittee demonstrated their concern over the recent wave of abusive TCPA lawsuits filed by serial litigators.
The quick answer . . . “Serial Litigators”. Who are they? Serial litigators opt into lead generation programs intent on turning them into TCPA and class action lawsuits. These experienced litigators have sued before and know exactly what they are doing.
On June 2, 2017, a federal district court judge in California approved a judgment against Aaron Michael Jones that permanently bans him from all telemarketing