You can file a claim if Convo GPT sent lead-generation texts to your cell phone without your prior express consent. That test comes from the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the federal law that restricts automated telemarketing calls and texts. Convo GPT markets an AI sales and recruiting platform featuring Sara that works around the clock to generate leads, close deals and attract talent. Mark Aussieker filed Aussieker v.
Convo GPT, LLC on Oct. 21, 2026 in the Eastern District of California. The Justia dockets listing docket listing identifies the case as 2:2026cv03616 under 47 U.S.C. § 227.
Official resources:
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/227 — Use this primary source to verify the official guidance.
- https://www.bclplaw.com/en-US/events-insights-news/lead-generation-and-the-tcpa-how-to-protect-your-company-from-downstream-bad-actors.html — Use this primary source to verify the official guidance.
Table of Contents
- What is this lawsuit about?
- Who fits the potential claim group?
- What could each violation be worth?
- What limits apply and what should you save?
What is this lawsuit about?
The case centers on automated lead-generation texts allegedly sent to cell phones. Federal law bars non-emergency calls to cell phones made with an autodialer. An autodialer means an automatic telephone dialing system, or ATDS.
It also bars calls made with an artificial or prerecorded voice without prior express consent. That rule appears in the Cornell Legal Information Institute text of the federal statute. The Federal Communications Commission consumer guide treats covered texts as calls.
Who fits the potential claim group?
A Convo GPT claimant would need to match the TCPA lead-generation test described by Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner guidance in the lead-generation analysis. The check turns on what reached your phone and whether you agreed to it.
Business numbers, consented messages, and emergency messages fall outside that test. Keep the focus on unsolicited marketing texts to a personal mobile number.
- received covered lead-generation texts on a cell phone
- texts used an ATDS or artificial or prerecorded voice
- no prior express consent and no emergency purpose
What could each violation be worth?
The TCPA creates a private right to sue for statutory damages. The same Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner analysis puts damages at $500 per violation.
A court can raise the award to $1,500 if the violation was knowing or willful. That amount applies per text, not per campaign. A reader with several qualifying texts therefore has a larger potential stake than a reader with one.
What limits apply and what should you save?
A July 14, 2026 Seventh Circuit decision limits one TCPA path for texts. In Steidinger v. Blackstone Medical Services, the court held that texts are not telephone calls under §227(c)(5). The Troutman Pepper Locke analysis of the Seventh Circuit ruling says no private do-not-call-registry action lies for texts there.
The Convo GPT case was filed Oct. 21, 2026, and the Oct. 26 OpenClassActions weekly roundup shows no settlement fund, administrator, or claim form yet. Preserve phone screenshots with dates, carrier records, opt-out replies, and any consent records.