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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said Thursday that he’ll step down from his post on Jan. 20, 2017. Wheeler was appointed by President Obama three years ago to lead the FCC. Prior to his October 2013 confirmation as the 31st chairman of the FCC, Wheeler served as managing director at venture capital firm |
The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey recently held in Samuel Chisholm v. AFNI, Inc. that a debt collector “could not reasonably be found to violate” the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by calling a consumer 18 times on his cell phone over the course of 13 days. All calls were
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana recently granted final approval of a $9.25 million Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action against Advanced Care Scripts, Inc. (“ACS”).
According to the class action complaint, ACS engages in the management and dispensing of specialty medications and oral oncology products. To advertise their services,
As we previously reported, US Coachways entered into a $49.9 million Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action settlement. Because the motor coach leasing company could not fund the settlement, the company tendered a claim for the action to its insurer, Illinois Union Insurance Company, who subsequently denied coverage to US Coachways. US Coachways assigned
On December 13, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in the long‑simmering Robins v. Spokeo Inc. putative class action, following reversal of the appellate court’s previous opinion by the Supreme Court. Robins alleges that Spokeo violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by maintaining various inaccurate data points about the plaintiff in an online
On December 14, the parties in Mey v. Frontier Communications Corp. filed a motion for preliminary approval of a settlement of a Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action.
According to the Complaint, Frontier, a telephone company that offers voice, broadband, satellite video, and wireless internet data access for individuals and small businesses, uses
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
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