In Joseph v. TrueBlue, Inc., the named plaintiff brought a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action against the workforce staffing company for its alleged text messaging advertisements. TrueBlue recently agreed to a $5 million settlement to end the case.
According to the amended class action complaint, TrueBlue sent text message “Job Alert” advertisements
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, courts and litigants alike have been trying to determine the contours of constitutional standing when it comes to procedural violations of consumer protection statutes. This past week, the District Court for the Central District of California weighed in, finding in favor
On November 17, the named plaintiff in Toney v. Quality Resources, Inc., et al. asked an Illinois federal court for final approval of a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action settlement agreement.
As background, in December 2012, Sarah Toney ordered three pairs of children’s slippers online from a website operated by Stompeez. The website
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama recently granted final approval of a class action settlement against Boyd Biloxi LLC, alleging that Biloxi sent telemarketing messages that violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
The class action Complaint was originally filed on July 16, 2014. The named plaintiff alleged that Biloxi
On November 9, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted final approval of a $49.9 million Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action settlement against US Coachways, Inc.
The original Complaint was filed against US Coachways on July 29, 2014, alleging that the motor coach leasing company sent out thousands of
A class of consumers in multidistrict litigation (MDL) recently filed their Motion for Final Approval of a Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action settlement against a debt collection company, Convergent Outsourcing Inc. (“Convergent”).
Between October 2012 and June 2013, the named plaintiffs initiated separate putative class actions throughout the country alleging that Convergent violated the
On November 7, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California granted final approval of the class settlement in Stemple v. QC Holdings, Inc., No. 3:12-cv-01997 (S.D. Cal.). The plaintiff in the case alleged that QC Holdings, a check-cashing and short-term loan company, negligently and willfully violated the Telephone Consumer
Last week, a district court in the Northern District of California denied TransUnion LLC’s motion to decertify a Fair Credit Reporting Act class action that was certified prior to the Supreme Court’s 2016 Spokeo ruling. The class action case accused TransUnion of including inaccurate information on its consumer reports as well as failing to comply
Join Troutman Sanders partners David N. Anthony and Ronald I. Raether, Jr. for a complimentary webinar discussion on November 10 at 12:00 noon EST on the Spokeo Inc. v. Robins case which was decided by the United States Supreme Court on May 16, 2016. Troutman Sanders has been following this case throughout its lifecycle and
On October 24, the Middle District of Pennsylvania dismissed a putative class action against TD Bank USA, holding that the plaintiff’s state law claims were preempted by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The case is Prukala v. TD Bank United States, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 146614 (M.D. Pa. October 24, 2016).
Plaintiff Michael Prukala