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CHEAP JEWELRY EXPENSIVE SETTLEMENT?: Zales Surrenders in $7.5MM TCPA Class Action Involving SMS Messages to DNC Numbers–and This...

Troutman Amin LLP on 9/3/2025

Well the #biglaw surrender monkeys have struck again. This time it is Zales– the diamond store– that has face-planted in a TCPA class action as a result of big law representation. Not sure when folks are going to figure this...more

EYEBROW RAISING: Albertson’s Agrees to Pay Nearly $6MM to Settle TCPA Revocation Class Action But That’s Only Half The Story Here

Troutman Amin LLP on 8/19/2025

On April 21, 2025 Plaintiffs ANTHONY KAMEL, LINNEA MENIN, JASMINE OTTE, JENNIFER SCHOFIELD sued Albertson Companies, Inc. claiming it had violated the TCPA by sending SMS messages to each of them after a STOP request....more

FTC Enters Settlement with California-based Lead Generator

Goodwin on 5/2/2024

On January 2, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it had reached a settlement with a California-based lead generator resolving allegations that the company facilitated illegal telemarketing calls. This lead...more

FTC Bans Lead Generator from Participating in Robocalls in $7 Million Settlement

Venable LLP on 1/9/2024

This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a Proposed Stipulated Order with lead generator Response Tree LLC and its president, resolving allegations that the company violated the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR)...more

Fourth Circuit Affirms $61 Million Treble Damages Award in TCPA Class Action Against Marketing Agency’s Customer

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/4/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 30, 2019, the Fourth Circuit issued an opinion in Krakauer v. Dish Network, L.L.C., No. 18-1518 (4th Cir. May 30, 2019), that paved the way for TCPA plaintiffs to collect historic awards from...more

Sunrun Settles Robocall Suit for $5.5 Million

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/8/2018

Although it denies liability or wrongdoing, Sunrun Inc. has agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle a potential class action case alleging it of calling numbers on the Do Not Call Registry. Sunrun, a solar company, is alleged to...more

FTC Continues Its Pursuit of "Robocalling" Platforms

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 4/23/2014

With its latest settlement, the Federal Trade Commission shows that its prior targeting of prerecorded voice dialing platforms, as opposed to those who use them to place “robocalls,” was no one-off initiative, and that it has...more

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