The law prohibits the sending of unsolicited advertisements, or junk faxes, by facsimile transmission. A loophole was added to this law in 2005, making it legal to send unsolicited faxes if a previous business relationship existed between the sender and the recipient. Defining a previous business relationship can be tricky, and requires an experienced attorney knowledgeable about the 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the 2005 update, The Junk Fax Protection Act.
The law does not prohibit sending junk mail like unsolicited advertising flyers, requests for donations, and free samples. However, the law does protect you from unsolicited faxes. If you have been inundated with unwanted faxes from businesses and organizations with which you have no prior relationship, you need an experienced attorney. Contact our Augusta, Georgia, law firm, Nicholson Revell, LLP, to learn about our track record handling similar cases. We have been leaders in litigating such cases. Let us use our experience to help you.
In order to file suit against companies that violate the junk fax law, fax recipients need to identify the sender of the unsolicited advertisement, sending them a letter demanding that they stop. This is similar to the well-known procedure for getting on a telemarketing do-not-call list. Our attorneys have the experience needed to identify junk fax senders and craft a demand letter seeking cessation of the junk faxes. If these steps do not work and the violations continue, we can begin the process of obtaining damages for you, as provided by the Junk Fax Law.
Our firm obtained the largest payout in the United States in a class action junk fax case. Our attorney, Harry Revell, tried the case before a jury, winning an initial judgment of $12 million in Richmond County Superior Court. To speak with him about unsolicited faxes, contact us at Nicholson Revell in Augusta, Georgia.
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