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Industry and legal witnesses tell House TCPA private-right-of-action has been abused, driving costly suits
Summary
Panelists said the TCPA's private right of action has been exploited by a small number of firms pursuing high-value settlements rather than going after overseas scam perpetrators, and they suggested statutory adjustments modeled on other federal laws.
At the hearing, legal and industry witnesses described how litigation under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act's (TCPA) private right of action (PRA) has sometimes been used as a profit-making vehicle rather than as a tool to reach overseas scammers. Witnesses said the PRA's structure — including per‑occurrence statutory damages and uncapped attorney fees in some…
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