August 01, 2019
A Florida magistrate judge on Thursday pulled himself out of a proposed class action accusing the MLB's Tampa Bay Rays of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending spam text messages, saying his involvement in a special event with the team could cast doubt on his impartiality.
November 30, 2018
A Florida federal judge has denied MLB's Tampa Bay Rays' attempt to dismiss a second putative class action accusing the team of sending unwanted text messages, saying it is too early to question whether the plaintiff consented to the texts.