Unsolicited Text Messages

Sunrun Unwanted Calls and Text Messages TCPA Settlement

Settlement of class action alleging Sunrun made unwanted calls to consumers in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The complaint alleged that the calls were made by Sunrun, or a third party trying to generate leads for Sunrun, which sells solar energy products, and that the consumers contacted had not given Sunrun their  Read more

Wave Plastic Surgery Unsolicited Text Messages TCPA Class Action

Does Wave Plastic Surgery Center, Inc. and its related companies use telemarketing to solicit business? The complaint for this class action alleges that the company places unwanted telemarketing calls to consumer cell phones, in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The defendants include Wave as well as other Wave Plastic Surgery Centers designated  Read more

Steel Supplements Unwanted Telemarketing Calls TCPA Class Action

This class action brings suit against Steel Supplements, Inc. for allegedly violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a law meant to protect consumers from the annoyance and intrusion of telemarketing calls and to give them some choice about which companies are allowed to contact them. The complaint claims the company, which sells supplements, contacted  Read more

Bao Foot Spa Unlawful Text Messages TCPA Class Action

The complaint for this class action quotes an earlier case as saying, “Voluminous consumer complaints about abuses of telephone technology—for example, computerized calls dispatched to private homes—prompted Congress to pass the TCPA.” The TCPA, more formally known as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, was intended to help consumer avoid unwanted robocalls, but some companies still  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

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