April 07, 2020
A Florida federal judge signed off Tuesday on a $2.25 million settlement, including more than $800,000 in attorney fees and costs, that ends a class suit against the Tampa Bay Lightning over telemarketing messages allegedly sent to fans in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
February 25, 2020
Attorneys for Tampa Bay Lightning fans who negotiated a $2.25 million settlement with the NHL team over alleged Telephone Consumer Protection Act violations are asking a Florida federal court for more than $800,000 in attorney fees and costs for their work on the case.
October 17, 2019
The Tampa Bay Lightning have reached a class action settlement in a fan's suit claiming the NHL team violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by inundating him with telemarketing messages without his permission, according to a notice entered Thursday in Florida federal court.
September 04, 2019
The owners of the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning urged a Florida federal court Tuesday not to certify a class in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act suit, arguing the fan behind the suit tried to improperly modify his class definition, which it says is also overly broad and uncertifiable.
August 27, 2019
The U.S. government has urged a Florida federal court to reject the Tampa Bay Lightning’s challenge to the anti-robocall law, arguing that that statute is tailored to prohibit only the "most problematic" automated messages.
June 21, 2019
A Florida man pursuing a proposed Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action against the owners of the Tampa Bay Lightning urged a federal court to reject a request to delay discovery, saying none of the team's pending motions would end the case unless the whole law is ruled unconstitutional.
April 29, 2019
The owners of the Tampa Bay Lightning asked a Florida federal court on Monday to strike down the Telephone Consumer Protection Act as unconstitutional as part of its bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming the hockey team sent marketing text messages to consumers without their permission.
March 05, 2019
The owners of the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team were hit with a spam-text-messaging class action on Tuesday in Florida federal court by a consumer who claims the team inundated him with marketing messages without his permission after he signed up for a contest to win tickets.