Annoyed by what they believe is an onslaught of unsolicited telemarketer calls, consumers have increasingly been fighting back over the past few years by bringing class actions against companies under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). As a result, some Am Law firms have begun to market their expertise in the area, including at least two that have created practice groups dedicated to the defense against TCPA consumer class actions.

Locke Lord and Reed Smith have both launched such practice groups this year. And though Chicago-based financial services litigator Henry Pietrkowski—one of the leaders of Reed Smith's TCPA group—says he and other Reed Smith attorneys have been doing work related to the act for several years, what he describes as the recent "explosion of cases" convinced firm leaders that the creation of a formal practice group was warranted. Reed Smith's website now lists more than 35 attorneys who are a part of the firm's TCPA group.

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