Although the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) gives consumers the right to claim thousands of dollars in punitive damages for each illegal phone call made to their cell phones, there are valid reasons for plaintiffs to seek a settlement that pays only a fraction of their eligible damages. In a…
Those in debt know what a hassle it can be to deal with phone calls from debt collectors. They can be relentless, often because they have to be, but when they step outside the bounds of the law, then the debt collectors may be the ones that have to pay…
Machines are wonderful pieces of technology that have made many aspects of modern life faster and easier. For example, machines that automatically dial many numbers very quickly have made it incredibly easy for large companies with thousands of customers to quickly and easily reach all (or most) of their customers.…
While many of us have come to accept annoying advertisements as part of our daily lives, few of us expect to pay money out of our own pocket in order to be annoyed by promotional advertising. It was with this fact in mind that the Telephone Consumer Protection act…
In 1991, Congress enacted the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) which specifically prohibits the use of auto-dialers in making calls to a wireless number without the prior express consent of the person being called. The only exception to this rule is in the case of an emergency. One of…
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act often referred to simply as the TCPA protects consumers from unwanted prerecorded calls from advertisers and bill collectors. It is intended to stop use of automated dialers and prerecorded messages to cell phones, whose subscribers often are billed for the call and do not…