One must obey, the TCPA stay.

November 2, 2022

The Fifth Court found that the trial court exceeded the bounds of permissible discovery under the TCPA in In re Quality Cleaning Plus:

Although the trial court acknowledged at the August 29 hearing that it could order limited discovery under the TCPA, there is no indication in the record that the trial court considered the limitations of Section 27.006(b) when it entered its post-August 24 discovery orders. Instead, the trial court reasoned that Section 27.006(b) did not apply because the discovery was outstanding and due before Quality Cleaning filed its TCPA motion and, thus, the discovery was not suspended. But the statute does not provide such an exception.

No. 05-22-01053-CV (Oct. 31, 2022) (mem. op.) (emphasis added).