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Parties to Seek Court OK in 2 Weeks of DirecTV TCPA Settlement

Defendant-appellant DirecTV reached a settlement agreement with plaintiffs-appellees David Vance, Roxie Vance and Carla Shultz in DirecTV’s 4th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court appeal of a district court’s certification of class members in a December 2017 Telephone Consumer Protection Act complaint…

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(see 2303090042), said a joint status report Friday (docket 22-2041). The agreement isn't only on the terms of the settlement but also “on the form and content of various additional documents attached to the agreement, including a preliminary approval order, class notices, and a claim form,” said the report. The parties and their counsel are now signing the finalized agreement, it said. “After all the signatures have been collected, plaintiffs will have two weeks to move for preliminary approval of the agreement in the district court.”