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Apptness, Plaintiff Stipulate to Dismissal of TCPA Claims With Prejudice

Plaintiff Cindy Luchinske and defendant Apptness Media Group stipulate to the dismissal with prejudice of Luchinske’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action claims, with each party to bear its own attorneys’ fees and costs, said their stipulated motion Wednesday (docket…

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2:23-cv-00267) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Washington in Spokane. Luchinske’s putative class claims are dismissed without prejudice, said the motion. Luchinske’s complaint alleged that Apptness “bombards unsuspecting consumers” nationally “with annoying automated texts." She alleged that Apptness’ campaigns are an effort to collect consumers’ names, addresses, emails, phone numbers and other personal contact information so it can sell “that same information to other companies."