Evidence that proves your claim is your Do Not Call listing, your call history, proof you gave no consent, and records showing the caller hid its name. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the federal law that limits telemarketing calls, makes those facts the core of a do-not-call case. The case at issue is *Rihani v.
Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys*, No. 1:26-cv-12982, filed Oct. 21, 2026 against the Birmingham law firm. OpenClassActions reports the filing in the lawsuit summary as an alleged illegal-telemarketing case in the Northern District of Illinois.
Official resources:
- Read the official guidance from Fdic — Use this primary source to verify the official guidance.
- Read the official guidance from Cornell — Use this primary source to verify the official guidance.
Table of Contents
- What does the lawsuit claim?
- What evidence matches each claim?
- What can a violation pay?
- What should you preserve now?
What does the lawsuit claim?
The complaint centers on a Cook County plaintiff who says he received telemarketing calls on a personal number listed on the National Do Not Call Registry since 2010. The calls allegedly came without consent.
The complaint brings two TCPA counts. It separately alleges the calls failed to transmit the firm's name as caller-ID information.
What evidence matches each claim?
Your phone records must line up with each part of that claim. A single call, a business line, or a prior consent can weaken the match.
- National Registry status showing your personal number was listed before the calls
- Call logs showing more than one call from the same caller within 12 months
- Messages, contracts, or consent screens showing you gave no permission
- Screenshots or carrier logs showing the displayed name and number omitted the firm
What can a violation pay?
Federal law sets a clear threshold and fixed amount for do-not-call suits. The Cornell Legal Information Institute publishes the text of the federal TCPA statute as allowing suit after more than one call in 12 months from the same entity.
That provision allows $500 per violation, tripled to $1,500 if the violation was willful. The caller-ID rule adds weight because telemarketers must transmit caller-identification information, according to the FDIC compliance manual.
What should you preserve now?
Save what your carrier and phone already show before logs rotate. The Federal Communications Commission asks consumers to keep key call details in its unwanted-calls enforcement guidance, including the called number, displayed caller-ID name and number, and date and time with time zone.
Keep your Registry confirmation, full call exports, voicemails, and any texts about the calls. There is no class certified, fund, claim form, administrator, or deadline yet, so keep the file ready instead of filing.