Blackboard School Calls TCPA Class Action Settlement Checks Mailed

Top Class Actions viewers are starting to receive checks in the mail from a class action settlement that accused Blackboard Inc. and Blackboard Connect of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

According to comments and posts on the Top Class Actions Facebook page,Class Members who submitted timely and valid claims for the Blackboard TCPA class action settlement began receiving checks worth as much as $120 on March 13, 2017.

If you filed a claim for the Blackboard settlement, keep an eye on your mailbox because checks are on their way!

The Blackboard class action settlement resolves allegations that the company sent unwanted texts and placed robocalls to consumers without their consent.

Blackboard is a system used by schools and other organizations to send parents notifications regarding student absences or district-wide announcements such as school closures or emergency alerts.

Illinois resident Rafael Valladares filed the class action lawsuit over allegations that Blackboard sent him numerous calls and texts on behalf of a Chicago elementary school despite not having a child enrolled at that particular school.

The plaintiff claimed he made repeated attempts to have the calls and texts stop but they continued.

Blackboard denied violating the TCPA but agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle the claim and avoid ongoing litigation.

Class Members included both individuals and entities who received “non-emergency calls or text messages sent using Blackboard Equipment between December 22, 2010 and September 1, 2016 to which you had not consented or for which you had previously withdrawn consent.”

The deadline to file a claim for the Blackboard class action settlement passed on Nov. 21, 2016.

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The Class is represented by Myles McGuire, Evan M. Meyers and Paul T. Geske of McGuire Law PC.

The Blackboard TCPA Class Action Lawsuit is Valladares v. Blackboard Connect Inc. and Blackboard Inc., Case No. 2016-CH-06482, in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, County Department, Chancery Division.

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If you were contacted on your cell phone by a company via an unsolicited text message (text spam) or prerecorded voice message (robocall), you may be eligible for compensation under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

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