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Parties Reach Settlement in TCPA Class Action vs. Space Coast Credit Union

U.S. District Judge Michael Moore for Southern Florida in Fort Lauderdale directed plaintiff Renate Moore and defendant Space Coast Credit Union to file a stipulation of dismissal of all Telephone Consumer Protection Act claims signed by all parties within 30…

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days, said the judge’s paperless order Thursday (docket 0:23-cv-60659). If such papers aren’t filed by Sept. 15, the case will be dismissed, and the court “will be divested of jurisdiction to enforce the settlement agreement,” said the order. In their joint notice of settlement Wednesday, the parties said they’re in the process of “documenting the settlement,” and they anticipate completing the process, including filing a stipulation for dismissal, within 45 days. They asked the court to stay the action, “and vacate all remaining dates in light of the settlement.” Moore's April 6 class action alleged Space Coast “routinely violated” the TCPA by placing non-emergency calls to consumers’ cellphone numbers without their “prior express consent,” using an artificial or prerecorded voice (see 2304070001). Space Coast didn’t deny making the calls but said any TCPA wrongdoing was “unintentional” (see 2305020003).