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Uber agrees to settle 'Refer-A-Friend' class action for $20M; $6.6M potentially going to lawyers

By Scott Holland | Thursday, Aug 17, 2017 @ 5:49pm

Uber is moving toward a $20 million settlement of a class action lawsuit by a group accusing the ride-hailing company of breaking federal law in how it sent “Refer-A-Friend” promotional messages to prospective new customers.
Giving out mobile number in business emails could be consent to get texts

By Karen Kidd | Wednesday, May 11, 2016 @ 4:18pm

A text message sent to a real estate agent by a Chicago real estate brokerage seeking recruits didn't qualify as telemarketing or an advertisement under the Federal Communications Commission's definitions, a Chicago federal judge said earlier this year. And since the agent voluntarily provided his mobile phone number to the brokerage in emails several years earlier, the agent didn't have legal leeway to claim he didn't provide his consent, either.