Failure to stop calling faxing or texting when requested

Green Dot Unwanted Text Messages TCPA Settlement

Green Dot Corporation is paying well over $3 million to settle a class action alleging it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). According to the complaint, the company continued to send text messages to consumer cell phones even after receiving requests to stop sending them. The TCPA restricts telemarketing and the use of automated  Read more

Loandepot.com Calls to Debtor’s Cell Phone TCPA, FCCPA Class Action

Even debt collectors and businesses undertaking foreclosure actions must obey federal and state rules about placing telephone calls to consumers. The complaint for this class action alleges that Loandepot.com, LLC violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA) in placing telephone calls to a mortgage borrower.  Read more

DoorDash Unwanted Prerecorded Messages After Opt-Out Class Action

The complaint for this class action quotes the Supreme Court as saying, “Americns passionately disagree about many things. But they are largely united in their disdaimn for robocalls.” This class action brings suit against DoorDash, Inc. for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), by making prerecorded calls to consumers, even after the consumers have  Read more

Visionworks of America Unwanted Text Messages TCPA Class Action

Visionworks of America, Inc. sells optical services to the retail market nationwide. The complaint for this class action alleges that one means Visionworks uses to promote its services is telemarketing. It also claims that the telemarketing that the company engages in violates the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).  Read more

CR England Trucking Company Telemarketing TCPA Settlement

CR England, Inc., a trucking company, is settling a class action alleging it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The complaint alleged that it sent recruitment text messages to consumer cell phones and continued to send them after the cell phone owners texted, “Stop” or the like.  Read more

Mercedes Benz of Los Angeles Telemarketing Cell Calls Class Action

Consumers generally do not like telemarketing. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) attempts to protect consumers from unwanted calls or text messages, but some companies appear to ignore the law. The complaint for this class action claims that Lithia Motors, Inc., which does business as Mercedes-Benz of Los Angeles (MBLA), is one such company and  Read more

Ally Financial Repeated Calls to Relative’s Cell Phone TCPA Class Action

Is it lawful for a financial company to repeatedly call a person regarding a loan taken out by a family member? The complaint for this class action alleges that Ally Financial, Inc. violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) in refusing to stop calling a woman in regards to her brother’s alleged car loan.  Read more

Teminix Unwanted Cellular Telephone Calls TCPA Class Action

Terminix International Company, LP is “one of the largest pest control companies in the world[,]” according to the complaint for this class action. Unfortunately, the complaint also claims that Terminix violates the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) in the way it seeks customers, calling them on their cell phones.  Read more

HSN Refusal to Stop Calling TCPA Settlement

HSN, Inc. is settling a class action alleging that it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the Wisconsin Consumer Act (WCA). According to the complaint, the company made calls to consumer cell phones, using automatic dialing systems or artificial or prerecorded voices, after the consumers had asked it to stop calling them.  Read more

Western Dental “Stop” Messages TCPA Settlement

It’s costing Western Dental Services, Inc. and RevSpring, Inc. $9.7 million to settle a class action alleging that the companies violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The complaint alleged that the companies continued to send autodialed text messages to consumer cell phones after RevSpring received a return text message containing the word “Stop.”  Read more