Failure to stop calling faxing or texting when requested

Total Merchant Services Telemarketing Calls TCPA Class Action

Total Merchant Services, LLC offers payment technologies for businesses. According to the complaint for this class action, it is also a telemarketer, and one that does not obey the requirements of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).  Read more

Open World Minefaire Unwanted Text Messages TCPA Class Action

When Congress passed the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) in 1991, telemarketers were calling more than 18 million Americans per day. According to this complaint, by 2003 and despite the law, telemarketers are calling 104 million Americans every day. The complaint opens a class action alleging that Open World, Inc. sends telemarketing text messages to  Read more

Evergreen Pest Solutions Unwanted Cell Phone Calls TCPA Class Action

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) restricts the way in which businesses may contact consumers. Even debt collectors are bound by the law, although they may dial debtor’s numbers individually and without mechanized help when they wish to try to collect a debt. The complaint for this class action claims that Evergreen Pest Solutions, LLC  Read more

Quicken Loans Telemarketing Calls and Texts TCPA Class Action

Illegal calls seem to be a favorite means for companies offering loans to look for customers. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is meant to prevent such calls as well as other telemarketing calls that consumers do not want. The complaint for this class action alleges that Quicken Loans, Inc. placed calls to consumer cell  Read more

JP Marketing Calls to Numbers on Do Not Call List Class Action

The complaint for this class action alleges that ASAP Marketing, Inc., which does business as JP Marketing, has violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The TCPA, which is meant to protect consumers from unwanted telemarketing, established a National Do Not Call Registry on which consumers could place their telephone numbers if they did not  Read more

SmartPay Leasing Unwanted Texts TCPA Settlement

SmartPay Leasing, Inc. has agreed to settle a class action alleging it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The complaint claimed that SmartPay sent unwanted text messages to consumer cell phones without first getting the cell phone owners’ permission and after the cell phone owners had texted “STOP” in response.  Read more

Bank of America Automated Debt Calls After Attorney Letter TCPA Class Action

Financial institutions may telephone consumers to try to collect debts. What they may not do is call consumers’ cell phones using automatic dialing systems, unless they obtain prior express written consent. So says the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The complaint for this class action claims that Bank of America Corporation did indeed use automatic  Read more

Frontier Communications Calls to Cell Phone on DNC Registry TCPA Class Action

Yes, it’s another class action alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In this case, the complaint alleges, Frontier Communications of America, Inc. repeatedly called placed calls to the private cell phone of a consumer with an automatic dialing system.  Read more

Checkers Drive-In Text Message Settlement

Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. is paying more than $3 million to settle a class action alleging that it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which requires that businesses get consent before sending telemarketing message to consumer cell phones. The complaint claimed that the company continued to send text messages to consumers even after they  Read more

Capital One Consent Revoked for Text Messages TCPA Class Action

Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), businesses must have consumers’ prior express written consent to place calls to their cell phones. However, the consumer may revoke this consent later. The complaint for this class action alleges that Capital One, NA continued to send text messages even after consent was revoked.  Read more