No one likes a robocall. Yet, we all get them, and the increased frequency of robocalls is astounding. I now don’t pick up any calls on either my residential line or my cell phone unless it is a known number. It can be quite frustrating for consumers and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is hearing
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Sunrun Settles Robocall Suit for $5.5 Million
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
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 have made unsolicited, automatic, pre-recorded voice calls to people on the Do Not Call Registry and…
A&B Insurance Settles TCPA Class Action for $4.25 Million
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Websites
Last week, A&B Insurance and Financial LLC (A&B Insurance) agreed to pay $4.25 million to settle claims that it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by initiating telephone calls to consumers without prior express consent, as required by the TCPA, including some calls to consumers on the federal Do Not Call Registry. Lead plaintiffs,…
FTC Hits Telemarketer for Calling Consumers on Do Not Call List
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has fined the Consumer Education Group $100,000 for making millions of illegal telemarketing calls to consumers who were on the Do Not Call (DNC) Registry, including pre-recorded robocalls in violation of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR). The $100,000 fine is in lieu of a civil penalty in the amount of…
FTC files complaint against solar panel company for do-not-call violations
By Kathryn Rattigan on
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint against Francisco J. Salvat and his companies KFJ Marketing, LLC, Sunlight Solar Leads, LLC, and Go Green Education (collectively, Defendants) for violations of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), failure to honor do not call requests, failure to transmit caller identification, and for initiation of unlawful prerecorded telemarketing…