The (TCPA) world is on fire anew. After a brief respite, class action filings are increasing, FTC and FCC actions are increasing and the case law—particularly around ATDS—is suddenly moving in a powerfully unfavorable direction. Add in the massive changes caused by the speed-to-remote environment imposed by the COVID PLAGUE, and we have a perfect recipe for data breaches, fraudulent leads, and hyper-sensitive regulators shutting down marketing and collection calls across the nation.