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Sallie Mae Reaches $24 Million Settlement In Telephone Debt Collection Class Action
Posted on 18 Sep 2012 by Timothy Raub

SEATTLE - (Mealey's) Student loan borrowers and a subsidiary of SLM Corp. on Sept. 17 agreed to settle claims that the subsidiary violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by making a number of non-emergency autodialed calls and/or automated... Read More

Tags: Mark A. Arthur v. Sallie Mae Inc. , Telephone Consumer Protection Act , automated text messages , emergency autodialed calls , TCPA , Sallie Mae , financial services , class action , student loan borrowers , SLM Corp. , Litigation , student loan debt , Settlement , securities class action , cellular telephones , Securities , cell phones

Will the Calls Ever Stop? Telephone Consumer Protection Act Offers Help
Posted on 31 Aug 2012 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

When the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 was enacted, it offered a means to counter the actions of both telemarketers and aggressive collection agencies. By placing limitations on robo-calls, the Act gave consumers potential for relief from... Read More

Tags: Fair Debt Collection Practices Act , Federal Communications Commission , robo-calls , Telephone Consumer Protection Act , automatic calls , settlements , verdicts , Litigation , class actions , cellular telephones