CVS Texts Including Flu Shot Offers Fall Under Health Care Exemption

Mealey's (August 15, 2018, 12:50 PM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey federal judge on Aug. 14 dismissed a class complaint accusing a pharmacy chain of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by including a message about the availability of flu shots in the middle of text messages about prescriptions, ruling that the TCPA’s health care exemption applies (Jaclyn Bailey v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., No. 17-11482, D. N.J., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 137049)....