A federal judge preliminarily approved another substantial settlement in a class action lawsuit against Chase Bank USA under which Chase Bank USA will pay $34 million.\u00a0 The class action was originally filed on July 12, 2012 and alleged that Chase Bank USA violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (\u201cTCPA\u201d) by placing calls to consumers\u2019 cell phones without their prior consent.\u00a0 Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that Chase Bank USA used an automated dialing service with an \u201cartificial or prerecorded voice\u201d or sent text messages in order to collect upon a debt alleged to be owed.<\/p>\n
In 1991, Congress enacted the TCPA 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":"
A federal judge preliminarily approved another substantial settlement in a class action lawsuit against Chase Bank USA under which Chase Bank USA will pay $34 million.\u00a0 The class action was originally filed on July 12, 2012 and alleged that Chase Bank USA violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (\u201cTCPA\u201d) by placing calls to consumers\u2019 cell phones without their prior consent.\u00a0 Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that Chase Bank USA used an automated dialing service with an \u201cartificial or prerecorded voice\u201d or …<\/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-637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tcpa"],"yoast_head":"\n