Alert for all businesses: The Barton playbook has a new author. Shoujing Zhou, the girlfriend of serial litigator Nathen Barton, is now actively filing TCPA lawsuits.

If you receive a lawsuit from Zhou, do not treat it as an isolated incident. Recognize it for what is: an extension of Nathen Barton’s established scam. The same defense strategies apply immediately:

Challenge Standing: Demand proof the phone number is her primary residential line.

Dig for Connections: File discovery motions to uncover her ties to Barton—shared address, finances, and evidence of coaching.

Fight, Don’t Fold: Settling with her only funds the larger Barton enterprise.

This is a tactical expansion of their operation. Your defense must now consider that you are not fighting one scammer, but a team.

This Tariq guy also wants to stop Nathen Barton [Nathenbartonindustries.com]