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A litigator scrub screens a calling list against databases of known serial TCPA plaintiffs, their attorneys, and their trap phone numbers, removing them before anyone dials. Serial filers drive more than half of all TCPA lawsuits, so this single screen removes an outsized share of litigation risk from a purchased list.
Statutory damages of $500 to $1,500 per call, no proof of harm required, make TCPA litigation a volume business. Professional plaintiffs maintain phone numbers that exist to receive telemarketing calls, log every contact, and file in batches; the most prolific individual filer brought 530 federal cases in a single year, and one analysis found serial plaintiffs behind 54% of all TCPA filings. They are not looking for an apology. They are looking for defendants.
Compliance services maintain continuously updated databases of numbers tied to repeat plaintiffs, plaintiff-side law firms, and known trap lines, compiled from court dockets and industry reporting. A litigator scrub checks your list against those databases and removes matches, the same mechanical step as a DNC scrub, aimed at a different list. Every DAITA DRIVE file is litigator-screened before delivery.
It is a risk reducer, not a shield. It cannot remove tomorrow’s first-time plaintiff, and it does not excuse the fundamentals: DNC scrubbing, manual live-voice dialing, calling windows, and opt-out handling. Think of it as removing the professionals from the room; the rules still apply to everyone who remains. Any vendor selling a litigator scrub as total protection is overselling it, including us if we ever slip.
A dated scrub certificate covering the federal DNC registry and 11 state registries. Known-litigator screening. Wireless flags and local time zones on every number. Per-state calling windows and attempt caps attached. Sold for manually dialed, live-voice calling plus mail and door outreach, and never represented as anything else.
The only leads you can defend.
No law requires it. It is an industry best practice that sophisticated buyers now treat as table stakes, because it is cheap insurance against the most predatory slice of TCPA litigation.
Yes, if you dial it unlawfully. A litigator scrub removes known professional plaintiffs; it does not make an autodialed or unscrubbed campaign legal. The scrub works alongside the rules, never instead of them.
Files are screened at delivery against a continuously updated feed, and subscription files are re-screened with each monthly refresh, the same cycle as the DNC re-scrub.