Autodialed “robocalls” to mobile phones are more than just annoying—if made without consent, the are ILLEGAL. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) protects cell phone users’ privacy rights. The TCPA is a federal statute that prohibits telemarketers and others from making automated calls or sending texts or faxes to you without prior consent. As a victim of illegal robocalls, you have a right to file a claim or lawsuit for TCPA violations. You could be …
Caddell & Chapman is investigating potential “rent-a-tribe” class action litigation. The investigation focuses on businesses that abuse their arrangements with Native American tribes to make short-term loans. These payday or installment loans have extremely high interest rates that are illegal under state and federal law.
As Caddell & Chapman is learning through its investigation, businesses across the country operate illegal online payday lending schemes by using the names of Native American tribes. Such tribes are …
The wildfires that burned across the California Wine Country in October 2017 have become one of the worst disasters in California history. 44 people are dead; more than 150,000 acres have been burned; and more than 14,700 homes, 728 businesses, and 3,600 vehicles were damaged or destroyed. Over half a dozen fires burned in eight counties—including the Atlas and Nuns fires in Napa County, the Tubbs fire in Sonoma County, the Redwood fire in Mendocino …