A new ruling in New York specifies that litigators can effectively go after well-intentioned individuals for TCPA violations, not just businesses. The ruling also extends prosecution beyond those who directly committed the violation. Anyone associated with the action, such as a supervisor or director could be held responsible.
Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC (“Portfolio”) recently settled a multi-district class action that included roughly 7.4 million class members. Plaintiffs allege that Portfolio violated the TCPA by placing calls to cell phones using an ATDS without their consent.
Two recient cases indicate that not only are private plaintiffs suing at a higher rate, but also state’s Attorney General offices are involved as well. With such increased involvement, this is another reason companies and marketers should be scrubbing federal and state do-not-call lists.
A plaintiff filed a class action lawsuit in federal court in Florida on December 31, 2014 alleging that Bank of America, NB Holdings Corporation, and FIA Card Services, N.A.
A Plaintiff filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of Florida against The CBE Group, Inc. (CBE) and Verizon New England, Inc. (Verizon) alleging violations under the TCPA, among others. All parties moved for partial summary judgment arguing that there is no genuine dispute of material fact regarding Defendants’ liability under the TCPA or CBE’s liability under the FDCPA and FCCPA.
A federal court in Florida granted an order for partial summary judgment in favor of a plaintiff in a TCPA case against Navient Solutions, Inc.
A Los Angeles man filed a class action lawsuit in federal court in California on March 30 alleging that three timeshare companies, World Wide Vacations Inc., RCI LLC, and Interval International Inc., violated provisions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
The Federal Trade Commission released their 2015 Annual Highlights today featuring some of the their best efforts to benefit consumers and promote competition over the past year.