SiriusXM’s $28 Million Do-Not-Call Settlement and Who Can Claim
In early 2026, SiriusXM agreed to pay $28 million to settle a class action lawsuit over alleged do-not-call violations, ending a case that had been running since 2022.
The lawsuit claimed that people were contacted even after registering with the National Do Not Call Registry or directly asking the company to stop calling.
SiriusXM denied wrongdoing as part of the agreement, a standard position in settlements of this type.
The payment reflects a negotiated resolution rather than a judicial finding, but it nevertheless closes off a growing area of legal exposure tied to automated outreach, consent management, and telemarketing compliance.
The lawsuit alleged that calls were made between April 27, 2019, and October 31, 2025, after recipients had either registered their numbers with the federal do-not-call database or requested placement on SiriusXM’s internal suppression list.
While individual calls may appear minor in isolation, the uniformity of the alleged conduct created the conditions for class treatment.
From a legal risk perspective, that aggregation is decisive. Systems designed to scale outreach efficiently can also scale non-compliance when controls fail, turning repeated low-level interactions into a material regulatory and litigation issue.
Who qualifies under the settlement
The settlement creates a defined claims class rather than universal entitlement. To qualify, individuals must show that they were contacted more than once by SiriusXM during the relevant period and that one of the following conditions applied at the time of the calls:
They were not SiriusXM subscribers and had been listed on the National Do Not Call Registry for at least 31 days, or they had asked to be placed on SiriusXM’s internal do-not-call list and still received a subsequent call.
The structure reflects a common feature of consumer class actions: eligibility is tied not to general dissatisfaction, but to specific regulatory triggers that courts recognise as enforceable.
Deadlines and procedural next steps
The deadline to file a claim is March 21, while objections to the settlement must be submitted by March 27.
A final approval hearing is scheduled for May 11, at which point the court will decide whether the agreement should receive final sign-off.
Claims must be submitted through the official SiriusXM settlement website, rather than directly through the court.
As with most settlements of this kind, compensation will depend on the number of valid claims received and the court’s final approval of the distribution process.
Broader implications
The $28 million settlement reflects a costed decision to cap legal and regulatory exposure rather than a punitive finding. Continuing the litigation would have required sustained legal spend, compliance resources, and management attention, while leaving the underlying risk unresolved.
For subscription and telemarketing businesses, the case reinforces a core compliance principle. Consent management, suppression lists, and opt-out mechanisms function as legal controls, not operational conveniences.
Failures at scale are likely to attract class action risk rather than isolated regulatory intervention.
For consumers, the settlement provides a procedural remedy through a defined claims process, without any judicial determination on liability.
More broadly, the case illustrates how repetitive process failures convert low-level consumer friction into actionable legal exposure, with aggregation, rather than individual harm, driving liability.
