Category: TCPA
Are you getting marketing text messages late at night? You might be able to sue for damages.
Under the Telephone Consumer Privacy Act, or TCPA, a company is not supposed to engage in automated calling or text messaging without your permission. They also aren’t allowed to send automated messages to you before 8:00 AM or after 9:00 PM your time. I received a complaint from a person who is receiving late night […]
TCPA – The best way to revoke your consent to get robocalls
Probably THE hot area in consumer law right now is the TCPA, the Telephone Consumer Privacy Act. Among other things, the TCPA prohibits auto-dialed calls to personal cell phones for commercial purposes without prior written consent, and each call that violates the TCPA can bring damages of $500-1500. One of the thorniest issues involves consent […]
Are you receiving Telemarketing Calls from Yodle? – ROBOCALLS
Are you receiving automated telemarketing calls from a company called Yodle? These calls, with an automated voice greeting are almost certainly autodialed and subject to the restrictions of the TCPA (Telephone Consumer Privacy Act.) The TCPA allows you to go claim $500 to $1500 in damages for all auto-dialed calls to your cellphone (or residential […]
Have you been getting Telemarketing Calls from (317) 548-4319?
I have received a complaint about spam telemarketing calls from 317-548-4319. The automated voice associated with these calls asks the callee if he/she is interested in a home security system and offers to transfer them to a live operator. You should be aware that unless you gave specific permission for this company to call your […]
Have you been receiving collection calls from Sallie Mae or Navient?
Have you been receiving telephone harassment calls from Sallie Mae, Navient, or collectors working for these companies? If you live in Indiana, call me at 317-662-4529, and I will give you instructions on how to minimize these calls, and if the harassment continues, how to maybe, just maybe receive damages under the Telephone Consumer Privacy […]
Have You Been Receiving Collection Calls from GLA Collection Company Inc.?
We are representing a consumer in a lawsuit against GLA Collection Company Inc. alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Privacy Act (TCPA). If you have been getting collection calls from this company, we’d love to hear from you. Call me at 317-662-4529 or email me through the link on this page.
Holy Cow: Supreme Court Does the Right Thing – Campbell-Ewald v. Gomez
Yesterday the Supreme Court decided the case of Campbel-Ewald Co. vs. Gomez. This is a case that consumer advocates were anticipating with some trepidation. At issue in the case was a tactic that corporate defendants regularly practice to “pick off” class actions and avoid class action liability. Corporations regularly make “Rule 68 Offers of Judgment” […]
Have you been getting harassing calls on your cellphone regarding student loans?
If you are an Indiana resident contact my office if you are receiving harassing phone calls to your cell phone regarding student loans, or even other loans. It doesn’t matter whether these calls are coming from the loan originator or a later collection company. Call us at 317-662-4529
Put Geek Support on Life Support
Lately I have been getting calls to my landline from a blocked number. The call is clearly auto-dialed with a pause before a live person . on. the call clearly comes from an overseas call center. The person comes on the line with a generic American name and says he/she is from “geek support” and […]
Bankers Lobby Defeated in Fight Over Robo-Calling Rules
The Federal Communications Commission issued new rules concerning robo-calling under the Telephone Consumer Privacy Act, or TCPA. Among other things the TCPA provides remedies for consumers when they receive auto-dialed telemarketing or collection calls to their cellphone when the consumer has not given the caller permission. Under the TCPA, consumers have the right to sue […]
