The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, or TCPA, protects consumers from certain types of unsolicited telephone calls placed to a cell phone using any automatic dialing system or prerecorded voice. Sometimes, even certain types of unsolicited text messages or spam text messages may violate the TCPA.

If a business or individual on behalf of a business violated the TCPA by sending you unsolicited text messages or using auto-dialing or robo-dialing systems to contact your cell phone, you may be entitled to $500 to $1500 for each call made to your cell phone without your prior express consent. Damages up to $1500 may be recovered if it can be shown that the caller “willfully or knowingly” violated the statute.

If you or someone you know is the victim of text spam or robo-dialing contact the Marshall Law Firm at 925-575-7105 or submit your complaint online.