What Does Trump’s Election Mean for the TCPA?
In the months preceding and following a presidential election, publications and websites give us thousands of annoying articles like...
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Dennis Brown
Jan 1711 min read
A Robocaller’s Crazy Legal Defense: It’s Your Fault for Having a Phone!
Many spam robocallers take great pains to hide their identities and evade law enforcement, but I am more intrigued by those who brazenly...
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Dennis Brown
Jan 56 min read
Convergent Outsourcing: A Cautionary Tale of Doing Business with a Phone Spammer
I recently blogged about a couple of prolific spam robocallers, including Midland Credit Management (MCM) and the now defunct Receivables...
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Dennis Brown
Nov 22, 20235 min read
Midland Credit Management (MCM) Part 2: Turning the Tables on a Phone Spammer
Earlier this year, I wrote about getting repeated hang-up telephone calls from an outfit called Midland Credit Management or MCM. You...
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Dennis Brown
Nov 7, 20238 min read
The Worst #1 Hits of the 1980s
UPDATE: I have a new blog based on this concept, in which I'll be taking a look at all of the supposedly "bad" Number #1 hits throughout...
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Dennis Brown
Jun 27, 20236 min read
Midland Credit Management (MCM): Phone Spammer of the Year
Update: For Part 2 of this story, click here. It’s a scenario everyone knows and dreads: The phone rings with a call from an unfamiliar...
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Dennis Brown
Mar 14, 20236 min read
A Few of the Best Forgotten Novelty Songs
Continuing with the obscure music theme of late, I present six of the best forgotten novelty records. I mean no disrespect to Weird Al...
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Dennis Brown
Jan 3, 20239 min read
The Best (and Worst) Obscure “Bubbling Under” Songs from the 1980s
My posts about obscure ‘80s songs (here and here) are far more popular than those about sleazy robocallers, and so I bring you another...
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Dennis Brown
Dec 26, 20228 min read
Receivables Performance Management (“RPM”): The Worst Debt Collector Ever?
As the one or two regular readers of this blog already know, I have a beef with the bill collection industry. Not with all collectors,...
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Dennis Brown
Oct 17, 20225 min read
How to Go Unviral: The Demise of Heardle
Failure is all around us in 2022, as many powerful institutions are proving to be much less competent than we once believed. People are...
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Dennis Brown
Jun 27, 20225 min read
What Happens If the Pope Resigns?
It has been a summer of bad news for American politicians. Economic fear is at its highest since the Panic of 1837, causing President...
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Dennis Brown
Jun 16, 20221 min read
Muppets, Mitch, and Magic: A.I. Makes Them Happen
This post won't help sell any of my books, but I'm providing it as a public service. A friend recently introduced me to DALL-E mini, a...
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Dennis Brown
Dec 18, 20217 min read
Five '80s Songs That Should Have Been Hits
A few months ago, I wrote a commentary about ‘80s songs that were once huge hits but then faded away into oblivion. It was a popular...
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Dennis Brown
Oct 22, 20215 min read
"Telephone Terrorism" Turns Two
This month is the second anniversary of my most successful book, Telephone Terrorism. This work of non-fiction discusses phone spammers...
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Dennis Brown
Sep 4, 20217 min read
The Most Obscure Hit Songs of the '80s
Update: This post is about songs that were once really popular in the U.S., but that no one ever hears (or even discusses) today. You...
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Dennis Brown
Jun 25, 20212 min read
New Book: The '80s Are Enough
Until recently, I didn't think I'd ever write another book. I was exhausted, grouchy, and out of ideas. But, as a wise man once said,...
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Dennis Brown
Apr 2, 20214 min read
Supreme Court Somehow Makes the TCPA Even More Confusing
Warning: This is one of my boring legal analysis posts. It’s best appreciated by those who have already read my book Telephone Terrorism....
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Dennis Brown
Oct 11, 20201 min read
Praise for "Telephone Terrorism"
Noted attorney and blogger Eric Troutman recently reviewed my book Telephone Terrorism: The Story of Robocalls and the TCPA. Eric is an...
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Dennis Brown
Jul 6, 20203 min read
The AAPC loses, Barr loses, and the people win
Today the Supreme Court issued its ruling in AAPC v. Barr, in which the constitutionality of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)...
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Dennis Brown
May 16, 20202 min read
Presidential Libraries and COVID-19
All of the thirteen official U.S. National Archives presidential libraries and museums are currently closed due to the coronavirus...
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