A U.S. District Court in California has granted final approval for a settlement ending a class-action against Bank of America and FIA Card Services that alleged the defendants systematically called or texted consumers’ cell phones through automatic dialing systems and/or prerecorded voice systems without express consent, Hunton & Williams’ Privacy and Information Security Law Blog reports. The settlement is the latest in a string of others related to alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the report states, noting, “two other major financial institutions have agreed to settle TCPA class actions for tens of millions of dollars, though those settlements are still pending approval.”
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