Protections Afforded Under the TCPA: How to Get Justice for Violations
Millions of Americans receive phone calls or texts from unfamiliar numbers each day. These unsolicited and unwanted calls disrupt lives, interfere with work and school, and can even lead consumers to ignore legitimate communications out of frustration with the onslaught of calls and texts from organizations they don’t want to hear from.
An Overview of Florida’s New Mini-TCPA Law
A bill recently signed into law by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to dramatically impact businesses that engage in telemarketing and text message marketing to Florida residents. The bill, CS/SB 1120, amends current Florida law to require companies that contact consumers via automated sales text messages and telephone calls to first...
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Company Forced to Pay Nearly $1 Billion in Damages for Illegal Robocalls
A federal judge recently upheld an award of nearly $1 billion in a class-action lawsuit against a marketing company that placed nearly 2 million recorded robocalls. In the original case, a jury found that the company, ViSalus, had conducted unlawful telemarketing practices by placing almost 2 million recorded robocalls offering deals...
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Your Rights Under the TCPA in California
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) is a federal law that prohibits certain types of unwanted calls. Under the TCPA, several types of calls are prohibited, including auto-dialed calls and prerecorded messages to cellular telephones that are made without the recipient’s consent. The TCPA applies to text messages and telephone calls. Since...
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Do Not Call List Violations Under the TCPA
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) is a federal law that regulates telephone communications in an effort to protect consumers. In furtherance of this goal, the TCPA led to the creation of a national do not call list in 2003. Telemarketers may not contact consumers whose names appear on this...
The TCPA and Calls Using Artificial Voice
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act and its implementing regulations protect consumers by regulating the use of automatic telephone dialing systems and artificial voice calls. An automatic telephone dialing system is a type of equipment that stores or produces telephone numbers to be called and automatically dials such numbers. Artificial voice calls are...
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The TCPA and Calls Using Prerecorded Messages
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) is a federal law that protects consumers by regulating telephone communications, including pre-recorded messages. Telemarketers use prerecorded calls to communicate previously recorded messages to consumers. Prerecorded messages are favored by telemarketing companies because they are an efficient way to reach a large number of people in...
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