Federal Claims
Federal TCPA Lawyer: Telephone Consumer Protection Act Claims
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act is the primary federal law governing telemarketing calls, autodialed and prerecorded calls, and text messages. It provides consumers a private right of action in federal or state court, with statutory damages of $500 to $1,500 per violation.
We evaluate claims from consumers in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Matters are pursued in federal and state courts, including through association with qualified local counsel or pro hac vice admission where required.
Your situation may qualify if…
- Telemarketing calls or texts placed without your prior express written consent
- Prerecorded or artificial-voice calls to your cell phone or residential line
- Calls to a number registered on the National Do Not Call Registry
- Communications that continued after you revoked consent
- A company that failed to honor your internal do-not-call request
These are screening indicators only. They do not determine whether a claim exists, which depends on the specific facts and applicable law.
The core provisions consumers rely on
Section 227(b) restricts calls and texts placed using an automatic telephone dialing system and calls using an artificial or prerecorded voice, absent the required consent. Section 227(c) and the implementing FCC regulations at 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200 govern the National Do Not Call Registry and the internal do-not-call list every telemarketer must maintain.
The FCC has also confirmed that consumers may revoke consent through any reasonable means, and that a caller must honor that revocation promptly.
Consent, and how it is lost
Consent under the TCPA is not the same as having done business with a company. Marketing calls and texts placed with an autodialer or prerecorded voice generally require prior express written consent that clearly discloses what the consumer is agreeing to receive.
Consent can be revoked. Saying stop calling, replying STOP to a text, writing an email, or telling an agent during a call are all reasonable methods. Communications that continue after revocation are frequently the strongest facts in a case.
Where these cases are filed
TCPA claims may be brought in federal district court or, in many states, in state court. Venue is usually driven by where the consumer received the communications and where the defendant does business. We evaluate both, along with any parallel state statutory claim.
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You do not need to know which law may apply. We evaluate claims from consumers in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Evidence to preserve now
- Your call log showing each incoming number, the date, and the time
- Voicemails, including any prerecorded or artificial-voice messages
- Screenshots of caller ID, including numbers that appear spoofed
- Any recording you lawfully made of a call
- Notes of what you said when you asked the caller to stop, and the date
- Monthly statements or call detail records from your carrier
- The name of any company, brand, product, or website mentioned on the call
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