Class Suit Tossed; Walmart COVID-19 Texts Deemed Informational

Mealey's (March 17, 2021, 7:37 AM EDT) -- TACOMA, Wash. — A federal judge in Washington on March 5 dismissed a putative class complaint accusing Walmart Inc. of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by sending unsolicited text messages regarding the availability of curbside pickup or shipping for prescription medications due to the coronavirus pandemic, finding that the messages fell “squarely within the TCPA’s emergency exception.”...