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Litigation

Dec. 3, 2014

Class action against Twitter for sending unsolicited text messages survives

Twitter Inc. was unable to persuade a Northern District federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action that accuses the social networking company of illegally sending unsolicited text messages.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter Inc. was unable to persuade a Northern District federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action that accuses the social networking company of illegally sending unsolicited text messages.


U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria ruled last week that Twitter could not toss a complaint claiming the company violated the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act, or TCPA, which prohibit...

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