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  Man OK'd promo texts, but got more than company said would send, so lawsuit OK, judge says

  By Karen Kidd | Monday, May 27, 2019 @ 8:22am

  Plaintiffs' lawyers may have found a new avenue to sue businesses over marketing texts, now that a federal judge gave the green light to a class action from a man who said he received more text messages than he agreed to.

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  'Major changes' in law continue to narrow definition of automated dialers under TCPA, dampen class actions

  By Cook County Record | Tuesday, Dec 18, 2018 @ 12:33am

  A Chicago federal judge's recent decision to revisit a lawsuit vs Yahoo over a text message the web services provider sent to a user, could further help to narrow an expansive view of so-called "automatic telephone dialing system" embraced years ago by federal regulators, which has helped to enhance the growth of lawsuits under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

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