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Lord & Taylor Is Sued for Texts Sent to Plaintiff After He Revoked Consent

Broadlands, Virginia, plaintiff Ruhi Reimer, who filed a Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action May 11 against Kohl’s (see 2305120001), filed a nearly identical complaint Wednesday (docket 1:23-cv-00741) against Lord & Taylor in U.S. District Court for Eastern Virginia in…

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Alexandria. In both class actions, Reimer alleges “at some point in time,” he gave the retail defendants consent so he could receive their promotional text messages, but then he couldn’t get their messages to stop once he revoked his consent. Like in his action against Kohl’s, Reimer alleges Lord & Taylor also violated the Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act. Reimer estimates Lord & Taylor hounded him with no fewer than eight unwanted promotional text messages after he asked the retailer to “cease all telephonic communications” with him in August 2022, said his complaint. Lord & Taylor hasn't given Reimer a copy of its internal do not call policy, despite repeated requests, it said.