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Are you being sued for credit card debt and you don’t have the financial resources to hire a lawyer to defend you? Here are our general recommendations to take the first step to defend yourself pro se. And that’s it for Step 1. The grim reality is 95% of people sued for credit card debt…

If you are going to sue a telemarketer under the telephone consumer protection act, it is very likely you will have to serve the telemarketer the summons and complaint. That can be easier said that done, just from finding the right defendant to serving the right defendant. Take the case of pro-se TCPA Adean Hill…

George Baseluos, the CEO of Alleviate Tax, recently went on a podcast crowing about what a great business he’s running, but for running a great business, his company sure does get sued a lot. The latest lawsuit is Nickson v. Alleviate Tax LLC 8:25-cv-01042-TDC in the district court for the district of Maryland. The factual…

TCPA lawsuits often require propounding carefully written discovery requests that can’t be dodged with a useless answer or an objection that will stick, and then the second problem is compelling answers to the inevitable initial objections and non-answers. I have an earlier post on compelling discovery answers as well. We can learn a lot from…

When suing a telemarketer, don’t be shocked if they refuse to appear in court and defend the lawsuit after you serve them. TCPA plaintiffs sometimes aren’t sure what to do in these situations and I thought posting a few examples and variations of default judgments might be useful to the community. The federal rule of…

The United States Attorney recently unsealed an indictment against four telemarketers who were busted for using the telephone to sell essentially fake or worthless health “insurance” policies. The situation is a look behind the curtain of how many telemarketers operate day in and day out. According to the Justice Department’s press release, Alan Redmond, Arthur…

Previously I wrote about what is a 30(b)(6) deposition and why do you want one, and I noted in another article about a TCPA plaintiff getting the run around that a foundational 30(b)(6) deposition might be useful. But what is a foundational 30(b)(6) deposition? A foundational 30(b)(6) deposition is typically done at the outset of…

Our good friend Mr. Troutman recently posted a blog article with his commentary on a TCPA settlement exemplified in Katz v. Allied First Bank, 2025 WL 1489176 (N.D. Ill May 24, 20245). In this lawsuit, Mr. Katz sued Allied First Bank, the seller, and Consumer Nsight, the telemarketer/lead seller. Consumer Nsight settled with Mr. Katz…

Not always, but lawyers and their clients tend to have a lot in common. So if you are a bottom feeding scum sucker who will do anything to make a buck, you probably will attract a similar cliental. So not always, but often telemarketers and their lawyers have the same ethical bounds. This is frustrating…