April 02, 2021
A Connecticut federal judge has refused to certify a proposed junk-fax class suit against Sprint led by a defunct Super 8 motel franchisee, ruling that, "like many courts before" him, he is denying the certification bid because the company's claims are overwhelmed by individual issues.
April 20, 2020
A defunct Super 8 franchisee suing Sprint over unsolicited fax advertisements is asking a Connecticut federal court to certify the motel business' Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action, pressing that there are identical threads in the complaints of other Sprint customers.
March 19, 2020
A defunct Super 8 franchisee can move forward with a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case against Sprint over unsolicited fax ads, a Connecticut federal judge ruled Thursday, overruling the telecom's objections to an earlier decision that kept the case afloat.
March 09, 2020
Sprint has said that a defunct Super 8 franchisee can't move forward with a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case over unsolicited fax ads, telling a Connecticut federal judge that several other federal courts have already shot down identical allegations from the former motel operator.
February 20, 2020
Sprint is on the hook for violating a Connecticut junk fax law after a federal judge said he wasn't impressed with the mobile giant's "burden-shifting, blame-the-victim approach" to arguing that the motel suing it had no standing to do so.
November 19, 2018
A motel business hit back at an attempt by Sprint Solutions Inc. to put an end to its proposed class action, arguing in Connecticut federal court on Friday that the telecommunications company failed to prove that it had permission to repeatedly fax unsolicited ads to the lodging without an opt-out notice.
April 05, 2017
A proposed class action was filed in Connecticut federal court, claiming that Sprint Communication Co. LP repeatedly faxed unsolicited ads for discounted smartphones and data plans without an opt-out notice, in violation of the Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005.