December 15, 2023
The NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers urged a Florida federal judge to decertify a class in a lawsuit that settled for $19.75 million over spam faxes, saying that some members lack standing to sue because they received emailed faxes and those aren't within the scope of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
April 29, 2022
The legal team that got the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to settle a decade-old Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action for $19.75 million in March says it rolled the dice on the risky litigation and should be awarded fees and costs totaling more than $5 million.
March 29, 2022
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have agreed to pay up to $19.75 million to put to rest allegations the team fired off unsolicited advertisements via fax in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, according to a settlement that received preliminary approval Tuesday.
May 18, 2016
A Florida medical group and a lawyer who say they were hit with advertising faxes from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have urged the Federal Communications Commission to refuse the football team's request for a break on the rules, arguing the franchise should have used legal advertising methods and knowingly broke the law.
April 29, 2016
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers urged the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday to grant the Florida football team a waiver on the agency's fax rules for advertising on tickets allegedly sent without the proper permissions and opt-outs, noting that the FCC has already granted the same relief to 130 other companies.
March 28, 2016
A pair of businesses suing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers over faxes they received soliciting the sale of football game tickets asked a Florida federal court on Friday to certify three classes, arguing that their Telephone Consumer Protection Act suit covers more than 300,000 faxes.