The class action lawsuit was filed by Maria Vergara on August 7, 2015, after she received at least 8 unsolicited text messages with confirmation numbers to sign up for Uber — even though she never used Uber or tried to download the Uber app. [Read more…]
Uber has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a case that began with a customer’s typo. Plaintiff Maria Vergara, who claims she never signed up for an Uber account, brought suit, alleging Uber sent her a series of unsolicited text messages urging her to complete a sign-up process she never initiated. [Read more…]
More than a year after a Chicago resident filed a class-action lawsuit against Uber, claiming the company violated federal law by sending unsolicited text messages to people who want nothing to do with the service, the ride-hailing company has agreed to pay $20 million to put the legal challenge behind it. [Read more…]
Uber Technologies is expected to pay $20 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging the rideshare company violated federal law by sending out unsolicited text messages. [Read more.]
Has recent changes in the law slowed down deceptive price class action lawsuits filed across the country? Attorney Hassan Zavareei of Tycko & Zavareei believes that it depends on the state laws and how the case is pled. [Read more…]
Tycko & Zavareei LLP Partner Anna Haac participated in the AAJ Women’s Lobby Day to fight for consumers’ rights and beat back legislation designed to close the courthouse doors on our clients. Overall, 150 women from 41 states attended over 250 Congressional meetings. And we are happy to report that one of the bills we […]
Hassan Zavareei, one of the founding Partners at Tycko & Zavareei delivers testimony to the House Judiciary Committee about why the TCPA effectively protects consumer rights, unilaterally disagreeing with those who wish to tinker with consumer rights under the TPCA, stating that “limiting private right of action would be disastrous, making mobile phones “virtually unusable” […]
On June 13, 2017, Hassan Zavareei of Tycko & Zavareei LLP testifies in front of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice defending consumers right to privacy under the TCPA, asking the Committee to “imagine a world where our cell phone privacy has no protection…it’ll be the wild wild west.”
A Federal law under the Telephone Consumers Protection Act (TCPA) that protects consumers from being spammed by robocalls may be undermined by House Republicans. Hassan Zavareei of Tycko & Zavareei LLP will address the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice on Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 2:00pm about the importance of the […]
Florida will eliminate taxes charged on tampons under a measure passed by the state Legislature. [read more…]
