Unsolicited Cell Phone Calls

Broadleaf Marketing Calls to Do Not Call Numbers TCPA Class Action

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is meant to protect consumers from unwanted telemarketing calls, even if those calls are disguised as something else. The complaint for this class action claims that Broadleaf Marketing & SEO, LLC, using the name Web Listing Solutions, made calls to consumers on the National Do Not Call Registry that  Read more

Direct Energy Prerecorded Voice Calls to Cell Phones TCPA Class Action

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) has been in effect since 1991.Yet even today, thirty years later, some companies still make illegal telemarketing calls, to the annoyance of consumers. The complaint for this class action alleges that Direct Energy, LP makes telemarketing calls using artificial or prerecorded voices, in violation of the TCPA.  Read more

ECM Marketing Cell Phone Telemarketing TCPA Settlement

This settlement resolves a class action claiming that ECM Marketing, Inc. violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which regulates the calls that businesses can make to consumers. The complaint alleged that ECA violated the TCPA by (1) using an automatic telephone dialing system to call people on their cell phones without first getting their  Read more

Trinity Solar Auto-Dialed Cell Phone Calls TCPA Class Action

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) intends to protect consumers against unwanted telemarketing calls. The complaint alleges that Trinity Solar, Inc. violated that law by placing calls with an automated telephone dialing system (ATDS) to consumers’ cell phones.  Read more

Rauner Political Campaign and Unlawful Calls TCPA Settlement

This settlement resolves a class action against a political campaign and its candidate, Bruce Rauner. The complaint alleged that they violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) when they placed calls and delivered prerecorded messages via ringless voicemails to consumer cell phones.  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

Hippo Insurance Unwanted Prerecorded Calls TCPA Class Action

Hippo Enterprises, Inc. goes under the name Hippo Insurance when it sells its insurance products in the US. Unfortunately, the complaint for this class action alleges that it tries to sell those products by placing prerecorded telemarketing calls to consumers without first obtaining their prior express written consent, in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection  Read more

Penn Credit Corporation Prerecorded Messages TCPA Settlement

Penn Credit Corporation is settling a class action for $4,675,000 for leaving a prerecorded voicemail message on consumers’ cell phone without their consent. The complaint alleged that in doing this, Penn Credit violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).  Read more

Debt Collector CMRE Violates Both TCPA and FDCPA Class Action

Automated debt collection calls may be annoying, but they’re much more annoying when they’re about someone else’s debt. The complaint for this class action alleges that CMRE Financial Services, Inc. places repeated automated calls to consumers, even after being told the calls are reaching the wrong people. The complaint claims CMRE is violating both the  Read more

Fisher Investments Unwanted Cell Phone Calls TCPA Class Action

Who is Fisher Investments, Inc.? The complaint quotes the company’s website to call it a “fee-only investment adviser serving institutional and private clients globally.” But the complaint for this class action alleges that Fisher violates the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by placing automated telemarketing calls to consumer cell phones, without first getting the owners’  Read more