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Federal judge certifies class in dispute over unwanted texts, even though lead plaintiff could land $100K

By Angela Underwood | Friday, Jan 26, 2018 @ 6:00am

A Chicago federal judge has allowed a lawsuit over unwanted text messages to continue as a class action, even though the lead plaintiff could be in line to collect more than $100,000 if she were to litigate the matter on her own.
Judge asked to OK final deal to end suit vs Uber over texts; lawyers to get $6M, class members $103 each

By Scott Holland | Wednesday, Jan 17, 2018 @ 6:00am

A federal judge has been asked to grant final approval to a $20 million deal to settle a class action lawsuit brought by a group of people who claimed Uber sent them multiple unwanted text messages. Plaintiffs' lawyers would get $6.35 million, while each class member could get $103.