38,926 DNC complaints — 661 per 100,000.
Federal floor: TCPA $500 / $1,500 on illegal voice robocalls and § 227(b) autodialed / prerecorded claims.
The 2026 change: Steidinger v. Blackstone Medical Services (7th Cir., July 14, 2026). Unwanted marketing texts are not “telephone calls” under § 227(c)(5). Binding in Wisconsin. Do not plead a Wisconsin DNC file on texts alone. Voice calls and § 227(b) counts still go.
Wisconsin layer:
- State telemarketing / consumer-protection rules and AG enforcement.
- No Florida-style private $500 mini-TCPA as the primary ticker.
- Wisconsin signed the 49-AG FCC letters.
Left on the table: 38,926 × $500 ≈ $19.5 million. × $1,500 ≈ $58.4 million.
Register at donotcall.gov. Log voice calls with time stamps. Report to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. Use the Wisconsin Playbook.
This is a Q3 2026 TeleJustice Academy quarterly law update. Figures: YouMail Robocall Index (estimated volume); 2025 DNC complaint counts and per-capita rates from the FTC Data Book cycle. “Money left on the table” is complaint count × TCPA statutory minimums — an illustration, not a prediction. Robocall indexes include legal recorded calls. Only documented illegal calls and texts support a claim. Educational only. Not legal advice. TeleJustice Academy is not a law firm. Protect the file: donotcall.gov · state list where one exists · call log with date, time, number · screenshots · your state Playbook at telejusticeacademy.com and telejusticepro.com