Anyone who doesn’t believe that a petition to the FCC can help in the context of private litigation better listen up.
By now you’re likely well aware of the big jury verdict issued in the ViSalus TCPA trial last month. TCPAWorld.com broke the news that the jury had returned a finding off 1,850,436 unlawful automated calls resulting in an award of $925,218,000.00, or so it seemed.
The last few weeks have seen a pile of post-trial motions as ViSalus’ lawyers have hit back against the verdict, and just last week the court heard the Plaintiff’s request for treble damages—questioning why a judgment of over $1BB was necessary to deter TCPA violations.