Latest Telephone Consumer Protection Act Stories

The American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management (AAHAM) http://www.aaham.org, a professional association, to hold its annual Legislative Day, April 3-4, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. Fairfax, VA (PRWEB) March 17, 2013 The American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management (AAHAM) http://www.aaham.org, a professional association, to hold its annual Legislative Day, April 3-4, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. Invited...

SEATTLE, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On January 24, 2013, King County Superior Court Judge Barbara Linde certified a class action lawsuit against Beacon Plumbing & Mechanical, Inc. for spam text messages. The company could be ordered to pay consumers more than $20 million in penalties as the case moves forward. Beacon Plumbing is a company in the Seattle area best known for its slogan, "Stop Freakin' Call Beacon." The lawsuit contends that the company sent more than 43,000...

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent class action settlement obtains relief for consumers who allege they received unsolicited text message advertisements. The settlement results from a lawsuit claiming unsolicited text messages were sent in August and September of 2008 by advertisers Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal & Partners LLC f/k/a Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners LLC d/b/a Lime Public Relations + Promotion, and Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners West LLC, Merkle...

NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Declaratory Ruling based on a petition filed by SoundBite Communications that states a confirmatory stop text message, a text message sent to a consumer in response to an opt-out request, does not violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090715/LA46363LOGO) The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), the leading global trade...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action lawsuit has been filed against T-Mobile following allegations by a man who claims he received over 30 automated collections calls from T-Mobile on his cell phone in just one month, even though he is not a T-Mobile customer. He explained to T-Mobile numerous times that he was not the person they were asking for and they had the wrong number, but the automated and pre-recorded...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A woman who claims she received dozens of automated collections calls from Dish Network on her cell phone, even though she is not even a Dish Network customer, sparked a class action lawsuit against the company. On September 12(th) The Beverly Hills Law Offices of Todd M. Friedman filed a class action lawsuit against Dish in U.S District Court in Sacramento, alleging multiple violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...

Gilman Law LLP Investigating Consumer Complaints Involving Violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Consumers who Received Spamming Text Messages or Automated Calls on their Cell Phones without Their Consent Should Contact Gilman Law LLP Immediately, before any Statutes of Limitations Expire on their Claims and they Lose their Rights to Recovery. Boston, MA (PRWEB) August 20, 2012 The national consumer protection lawyers at Gilman Law LLP are investigating allegations...

One of the most annoying aspects of life in today’s world -- unsolicited, inhuman telemarketer calls that always come at the most inopportune times -- is getting hung up on by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency announced Wednesday. “Robocalls,” those annoying phone calls that telemarketers place at dinner time or while you are trying to relax on a Sunday afternoon, will no longer be allowed to take place without your written consent. However, written consent...