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Stop Robocalls and Sue For Every TCPA Violation!

What is the TCPA? The TCPA is the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act is the principal federal law that protects consumers from abusive telemarketers, text message spammers, and robocallers. What is a Robocall? Robocallers refer to automatic telephone dialing systems. These systems store the numbers to be called and and then

Scalia’s Death Adds To Uncertainty In Class Standing Fight

Law360, New York (February 16, 2016, 10:45 PM ET) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s unexpected death on Saturday creates a clear opening for the high court to split evenly on whether consumers can sue companies for technical statutory violations without alleging an actual injury, in a ruling that would preserve uncertainty and divergent

James Francis, Paradox?

Learning more about a founding partner of Francis Mailman Soumilas, P.C. James Francis takes his coffee black – Monday through Friday – but adds cream on the weekends. It’s this kind of discipline mixed with an ability to have some fun that has contributed to Francis’ success, first as a graduate of Temple University’s Beasley

4th Circuit Approves Industry Changing Settlement Attained by Team of Consumer Lawyers Including Francis Mailman Soumilas, P.C., PC

Law360, Los Angeles (December 4, 2015, 10:28 PM ET) — The Fourth Circuit on Friday upheld a $13.5 million settlement in a class action alleging LexisNexis Risk and Information Analytics Group Inc. violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by selling reports to debt collectors without first obtaining users’ certification, rejecting class objectors’ arguments that the

Falsely Labeled a Terrorist in Credit Reports cause Chaos

A California resident, Amit Patel, was falsely tagged as a terrorist by credit reporting agencies. The implications of this caused problems throughout his day-to-day life. The Office of Foreign Assets Control keeps a list of over 6,000 businesses and individuals that they deem suspicious of terrorist actions. Before 9/11 this list was only in the

Mark Mailman Takes On Monsters

Founding partner of Francis Mailman Soumilas, P.C. Mark Mailman is a graduate of Muhlenberg College (B.A. magna cum laude, 1991) and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his law degree at Temple University of Law (J.D. 1995) where he achieved the highest grade in Trial Advocacy clinic. Despite his impressive educational record, Mailman

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