Farmers Insurance TCPA Settlement: How to Claim Up to $425 for Unwanted Calls and Texts
- June 28, 2026
- Noah K. Wood
- Telemarketing and Privacy
A $2,875,000 settlement will pay eligible consumers up to $425 each for unwanted telemarketing calls and text messages that allegedly violated the...
Federal Court Allows TCPA Robocall Suit Over Prerecorded Survey Voicemails
- June 25, 2026
- Noah K. Wood
- Telemarketing and Privacy
A federal court has refused to dismiss a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action over repeated prerecorded survey voicemails, ruling...
Federal Court Rules Unwanted Text Messages Violate the TCPA's Do-Not-Call Protections
- June 17, 2026
- Noah K. Wood
- Telemarketing and Privacy Consumer Fraud
A federal judge has ruled that an unwanted marketing text message is a "call" under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), meaning consumers on...
Missouri Courts Warn of Fake Traffic Ticket Text Scam
- April 3, 2026
- Noah K. Wood
- Consumer Fraud Traffic Tickets Telemarketing and Privacy
The Missouri Judiciary has warned the public about fake text messages claiming people owe money on outstanding traffic tickets. The texts are designed...
FDA Warns Consumers of Nationwide Recall of Tainted Euphoric Capsules
- May 2, 2018
- Noah K. Wood
- Consumer Fraud Dangerous Products
The FDA announced Overland Park, Kansas based Epic Products, LLC is recalling all lots of Euphoric capsules after an FDA analysis found samples of the...
98 Million Unwanted Robocalls a Day Reports USA Today
- April 23, 2018
- Noah K. Wood
- Telemarketing and Privacy
USA Today reports United States consumers receive an estimated 98 million robocalls each day and fraud from these unwanted calls amounts to $9.5...
Customers Unite to Bring Class Action Against Butterfly Labs
- April 7, 2014
- Noah K. Wood
- Consumer Fraud
The Wood Law Firm LLC announced today that customers from across the country have joined together and filed a class-action lawsuit challenging the...
Kevin Trudeau Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Defrauding Consumers
- March 18, 2014
- Noah K. Wood
- Consumer Fraud
TV Pitchman Kevin Trudeau was sentenced to 10 years in prison today for criminal contempt after continuing to scam consumers through infomercials and...
U.S. Court upholds FTC jurisdiction over "Indian" payday loan schemes
- March 18, 2014
- Noah K. Wood
- Debt Collection Abuse Consumer Fraud
In an FTC lawsuit targeting illegal payday loan operations which have affliated themselves with American Indian Tribes, the United States District...
Federal Court of Appeals Uphold $163 million Judgment Against "Scareware" Scam
- March 5, 2014
- Noah K. Wood
- Consumer Fraud
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has upheld a judgment of $163,167,539 against Innovative Marketing, Inc., the operator of a...
New Jersey Federal Court Approves TCPA Junk Fax Class Action
- October 16, 2013
- Telemarketing and Privacy
United States District Judge Stanley Chesler of the District of New Jersey has granted class certification of a lawsuit filed on behalf of the...
Crest Toothpaste Settlement Offering Consumers Refunds Approved.
- October 15, 2013
- Consumer Fraud
United States District Judge Jose Linares of the District of New Jersey gave final approval to a class action lawsuit which accused Proctor & Gamble...
New Robocall Rules Take Effect October 16
- October 15, 2013
- Telemarketing and Privacy
On October 16, 2013, new rules and regulations under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (the "TCPA"), requiring prior express written consent for...
Lose your rights by browsing a website?
- October 10, 2013
- Consumer Fraud
The United States District Court in Nevada has struck down an especially unfair and sneaky arbitration clause. Paul Bland at Public Justice has an...
Washington Post interviews Director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- October 10, 2013
- Debt Collection Abuse Consumer Fraud
Today's Washington Post published an interview with the Richard Cordray, the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He discusses...
Federal Judge Denies Tribal Shield for Payday Loan Investigation
- October 4, 2013
- Debt Collection Abuse Consumer Fraud
Calling arguments by American Indian tribes "built [on] a wobbly foundation", Judge Richard Sullivan of the United States District Court for the...
Bank of America to pay $32 million for Robocalls
- October 2, 2013
- Noah K. Wood
- Debt Collection Abuse Telemarketing and Privacy
Bank of America has agreed to pay $32 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the bank of making harassing debt collection robocalls to customers' cell...
Takeda Failed to Warn About Actos Cancer Risks, Jury Finds
- October 2, 2013
- Dangerous Products
Takeda Pharmaceutial Co. failed to properly warn a patient and his treating doctor about the risk of the drug Actos the jury found in a Maryland...
U.S. FDA announces system to help device recalls
- October 1, 2013
- Dangerous Products
The U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration announced it is taking steps to implement a rule that promises to help quickly and efficiently identify recalled...
Debt Collector to Pay $1 Million for Illegal Text Messages
- September 29, 2013
- Noah K. Wood
- Debt Collection Abuse Consumer Fraud Telemarketing and Privacy
A California debt collection company must pay $1 million to settle claims by the Federal Trade Comission related to using text messages in an unlawful...
Study finds teens driving with teens increase risk of fatal crashes
- September 29, 2013
- Serious Injuries
A study by the Texas Transportation Institute has concluded the risk of a fatal crash has increased for teens who drive with peers. The research study...
Consumer Protection Bureau joins FTC in brief supporting consumers
- September 26, 2013
- Debt Collection Abuse Consumer Fraud
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) joined the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in filing an amicus brief in a case involving threats by...
Jason Kander Halts Securities Scam Targeting Missouri Seniors
- September 26, 2013
- Consumer Fraud
Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander announced his office has stopped a fraudulent scheme that cost Missouri and Kansas residents more than...
Missouri Supreme Court rules insurer obligated on TCPA claim
- September 26, 2013
- Insurance Disputes Telemarketing and Privacy
The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled an insurance company wrongfully refused to defend its policyholder in a class action lawsuit for violations of...
FTC Files Suit Against Sweepstakes Scam
- September 25, 2013
- Consumer Fraud
The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit today against a sweepstakes scam that has taken more than $11 million from consumers. The FTC lawsuit...
Bayer to pay $74 million for paying to delay generic Cipro
- September 24, 2013
- Consumer Fraud Insurance Disputes
Bayer Corporation and Bayer AG have agreed to pay $74,000,000 in a class action suit alleging defendants violated antitrust and consumer protection...
