July 14, 2015
Stroock Special Bulletin
By: Julia B. Strickland, Stephen J. Newman, Brian C. Frontino
On July 7, 2015, in King v. Time Warner Cable, Case No. 14-cv-2018, the Southern District of New York awarded $229,500 to a wrong-party Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. §§ 227, et seq., (“TCPA”), plaintiff. Since entry of the award, there has been extensive mainstream news coverage focused largely on the $229,500 damages figure. Piggybacking on this coverage, plaintiffs’ attorneys have turned to social media in an effort to capitalize on the client recruitment opportunity.
July 14, 2015
Stroock Special Bulletin
By: Julia B. Strickland, Stephen J. Newman, Brian C. Frontino
On July 7, 2015, in King v. Time Warner Cable, Case No. 14-cv-2018, the Southern District of New York awarded $229,500 to a wrong-party Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. §§ 227, et seq., (“TCPA”), plaintiff. Since entry of the award, there has been extensive mainstream news coverage focused largely on the $229,500 damages figure. Piggybacking on this coverage, plaintiffs’ attorneys have turned to social media in an effort to capitalize on the client recruitment opportunity.