Well, no. The TCPA was substantially amended, effective September 1, 2019, and the amendments apply only to cases filed after September 1, 2019.
The pre-Amendment TCPA had mandatory attorneys fees AND sanctions. For new TCPA cases, attorney's fees are still mandatory, but sanctions are optional.
What you're citing is the new TCPA, which doesn't help Vic at all, since he filed before September 1. For Vic's case, sanctions are mandatory under the old TCPA.
A summary of the changes are here, which notes the amendment changes "the mandatory award of sanctions to a permissive award for a successful movant."
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