August 03, 2018
An Illinois federal judge on Thursday decertified a class of Illinoisans in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act suit accusing Cirque du Soleil of sending unwanted ticket-promotion faxes for its traveling show, saying the U.S. Supreme Court's recent opinion in China Agritech v. Resh dooms their claims.
June 22, 2018
Cirque du Soleil on Friday asked an Illinois federal judge to decertify a class of Illinoisans in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act suit accusing it of sending unwanted faxes promoting ticket sales to its traveling show, saying the U.S. Supreme Court's recent opinion in China Agritech v. Resh dooms their claims.
March 12, 2018
An Illinois federal judge on Monday certified a narrowed class of Illinois residents alleging Cirque du Soleil sent them faxes about discount show tickets in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, saying that a recent Supreme Court ruling prevents it from exercising personal jurisdiction over Cirque du Soleil over non-Illinois-resident class members.
November 02, 2016
An arm of Cirque du Soleil responsible for presenting the performance group's resident Las Vegas shows said it had nothing to do with an 2009 fax ad that spawned a proposed privacy class action, and asked an Illinois federal judge Tuesday for a quick judgment.
October 31, 2016
The consulting firm that sued Cirque Du Soleil two years ago after allegedly receiving junk faxes has shifted the entire focus of its litigation by greatly expanding proposed class membership, and should be denied certification based on such "gamesmanship," the performance group told an Illinois federal judge Monday.
October 03, 2016
Cirque du Soleil may deposit $15,000 with the Illinois federal court overseeing a Telephone Consumer Protection Act proposed class action against the circus company over junk faxes, but the monetary offer will not result in dismissal until after a class certification motion is decided, a judge ruled Friday.
March 11, 2016
The leader of a proposed class action accusing Cirque du Soleil of sending junk faxes about discount show tickets in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act asked an Illinois federal judge Thursday to nix the company's attempt to buy its way out of the lawsuit.
December 17, 2015
A proposed class who say Cirque du Soleil sent them faxes about discount show tickets in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act has moved for certification, and the performance group has requested a stay in the case, according to filings in Illinois federal court.
November 13, 2015
An Illinois federal court Thursday rejected Cirque du Soleil's bid to toss a putative class action over alleged junk faxes that promoted a vaudeville show, ruling that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act claims were still timely because of earlier suits involving the same faxes.
September 21, 2015
A proposed class accusing Cirque du Soleil Inc. of illegally promoting a show through unauthorized faxes told an Illinois federal court Friday that the company's bid to toss the suit flies in the face of Seventh Circuit precedent.