Unsolicited Text Messages

Iconic Mortgage Corp. Robocalls and Text Messages TCPA Class Action

It’s been nearly thirty years since Congress passed the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), but companies still seem never to have heard of the law. The complaint for this class action alleges that Iconic Mortgage Corporation (IMC) made unwanted calls and sent unwanted text messages to consumers, including consumers who had registered their phone numbers  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

WeCompete Unwanted Solicitation Text Messages TCPA Class Action

According to this complaint, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) “has explained that calls motivated in part by the intent to sell property, goods, or services are considered telemarketing under the TCPA”—that is, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The calls do not even need to explicitly mention a good, product, or service. This class action brings  Read more

Abacus Data Systems Unwanted Text Messages TCPA Settlement

Abacus Data Systems, Inc. is paying close to $2 million to settle a class action alleging that it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). According to the complaint, it sent consumers telemarketing text messages without first getting their permission; it may also have sent such messages to persons whose numbers were on the National  Read more

1136 Yuma Advertises Cannabis Via Unwanted Text Messages TCPA Class Action

Yuma Way, LLC does business as 1136 Yuma. The company is a cannabis dispensary, and the complaint for this class action alleges that it seeks to boost its sales through unlawful telemarketing, in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which tries to protect ordinary people from this kind of invasion of privacy.  Read more

RetailMeNot Text Messages and Do Not Call List TCPA Class Action

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) makes the rules and regulations for the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The complaint for this class action says, “According to the FCC’s findings, calls in violation of the TCPA are prohibited because, as Congress found, automated or prerecorded telephone calls are a greater nuisance and invasion of privacy than  Read more

Iconic Mortgage Corporation Unwanted Calls and Texts TCPA Class Action

When the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) was passed in 1991, American consumers were receiving more than 18 million telemarketing calls per day. By 2003, twelve years later, American consumers were receiving more than 104 million telemarketing calls per day. The complaint for this class action alleges that Iconic Mortgage Corporation (IMC) uses telemarketing to  Read more

Clay Cooley Nissan Irving Loan Preapproval Text TCPA Class Action

The regulations for the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) define telemarketing as “the initiation of a telephone call or message for the purpose of encouraging the purchase or rental of, or investment in, property, goods, or services.” Telemarketing is not entirely forbidden, as long as the telemarketer follows certain rules and meets certain requirements. However,  Read more

Freedom Franchise Systems, Freedom Adventures Texts TCPA Settlement

Freedom Franchise Systems, LLC and Freedom Adventures, LLC is settling a class action for just under a million dollars. The complaint alleged that the companies sent text messages to mobile phones without the prior express written consent of the phones’ owners, in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).  Read more

Navy Federal Credit Union Unwanted Text Messages Settlement

Navy Federal Credit Union is paying $9.25 million to settle a class action alleging Navy violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The complaint alleged that Navy sent text messages to consumer cell phones without first getting the consumers’ prior express written consent.  Read more