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Judge Grants Stay in Case vs. Charter as TCPA Claims Move to Arbitration

U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp for Eastern Missouri in St. Louis on Wednesday granted plaintiff Mark Bruder and defendant Charter Communications' joint Nov. 13 motion to stay Bruder’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act case, pending further order from the court, while…

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the parties arbitrate Bruder’s claims, (docket 4:23-cv-01075). The parties are to submit a “joint status update” on the progress of arbitration by Feb. 12, and every two months thereafter, said the judge’s signed order. Bruder’s Aug. 25 complaint alleges that Charter and Spectrum send automated texts to individuals throughout the U.S. who should be on their internal do not text lists, and that they do so without obtaining consumers’ prior express written consent (see 2308250040).