Capital One and 3 other collection agencies have agreed to pay nearly $75.5 million to settle a consolidated class action alleging that Capital One violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.\u00a0 The lawsuit was originally filed on December 10, 2012 in federal court and alleged that Capital One used prerecorded messages and an automated dialer to call customers\u2019 cell phones in connection with an attempt to collect on credit card debt without first receiving prior express consent from the recipients of the calls.\u00a0 The settlement also notes that Capital One will change its business practice and develop a calling system to prevent the calling of cell phones with an autodialer unless the recipient of the call has provided prior express consent.\u00a0 The final approval hearing for the settlement is scheduled for December 2, 2014.<\/p>\n
In 1991, Congress enacted the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (\u201cTCPA\u201d) in response to a growing number of consumer complaints regarding certain telemarketing practices.\u00a0 The TCPA makes it unlawful to make any calls, send any text messages, and\/or send any faxes to a person or business, for commercial reasons, without that person\u2019s express written consent.\u00a0 Each recipient of an unlawful call, text message, and\/or fax may receive a statutory penalty of at least $500 (up to $1,500) for each violation.<\/p>\n
The lawyers of Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP have begun representing everyday people who have faced unwanted, endless telemarketing calls at their home, business, and\/or on their mobile devices.\u00a0 If you are receiving unwanted telemarketing calls and want to stop them as soon as possible, then please call the lawyers of Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP, (212) 300-0375, to schedule a free consultation. \u00a0For more information about the TCPA please visit www.stoptelemarketingcalls.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Capital One and 3 other collection agencies have agreed to pay nearly $75.5 million to settle a consolidated class action alleging that Capital One violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.\u00a0 The lawsuit was originally filed on December 10, 2012 in federal court and alleged that Capital One used prerecorded messages and an automated dialer to call customers\u2019 cell phones in connection with an attempt to collect on credit card debt without first receiving prior express consent from the recipients of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tcpa"],"yoast_head":"\n