Unsolicited Text Messages
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
Beyond Meat and PETA Text Messages to Cell Phones TCPA Class Action
Beyond Meat, Inc. has an interesting business: It makes alternatives to food products that come from animals. It’s not surprising, then, that they have partnered in at least one activity with the nonprofit group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Unfortunately, that that activity is alleged to be sending consumers unwanted text messages, Read more
Checkers Unwanted Text Messages Settlement
Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. is settling a class action alleging it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by sending unwanted text messages to consumers via an automatic telephone dialing system without first getting their permission. Additionally, the plaintiff in this case claims that the message she was sent offered her a coupon, but that Read more
KS Statebank Text Messages to Promote Mortgage Business TCPA Class Action
What is it about telemarketing that makes it attractive to financing companies? The complaint for this class action alleges that KS Statebank Corporation, a mortgage originator and bank, has sent text messages to consumers in a way that violates the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Read more
Tampa Bay Lightning Unwanted Telemarketing Messages TCPA Settlement
Tampa Bay Sports and Entertainment (TBSE), which owns the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team, is choosing to settle a class action alleging that TBSE sent text messages to consumer cell phones without first getting the consumers’ prior express written consent to receive them. Read more
JG Wentworth Unwanted Text Messages to Cell Phones TCPA Class Action
The cause of action in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) case need not be complicated. The plaintiff in a TCPA case must only make allegations showing that a business called consumer cell phone number using an automatic dialing system or prerecorded voice. Read more
Libertyville Auto Plaza Text Messages After Opt-Out Class Action
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) tries to protect consumers from automated telemarketing, including calls, voicemails, faxes, and text messages. The complaint for this class action alleges that United Motors Ltd., doing business as Libertyville Auto Plaza, violated the TCPA by sending text messages to consumer cell phones. Read more
Colourpop Cosmetics Unwanted Text Messages TCPA Class Action
Colourpop Cosmetics, LLC sends colorful and humorous text messages to market its cosmetics. Unfortunately, it’s still unlawful for the company to send them if it does not obey the requirements of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The complaint for this class action alleges that it does so by sending the texts to consumer cell Read more
Welk Resort Group Unsolicited Text Messages TCPA Class Action
Welk Resort Group, Inc. develops, owns, and operates luxury resorts and timeshares in the US and Mexico. But the complaint for this class action alleges that the company uses unlawful methods to market what it offers, by sending text messages to consumer cell phones, in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Read more
GetItFree.us Telemarketing Text Messages TCPA Class Action
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is supposed to give consumers choice about the companies that are permitted to call them. But the complaint for this class action alleges that Zeetogroup, LLC (Zeeto) and Tibrio, LLC violated the TCPA when they sent text messages to consumer cell phones for the purpose of telemarketing. Read more