http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/13/technology/mobile/papa-johns/index.html?source=cnn_bin Papa John's faces $250 million spam lawsuit EW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Popular U.S. pizza chain Papa John's faces a $250 million class-action lawsuit for blasting customers with illegal text messages. The plaintiffs allege that Papa John's (PZZA) franchises sent customers a total of 500,000 unwanted messages in early 2010. The spam texts offered deals for pizza, and some customers complained they were getting 15 or 16 texts in a row, even during the middle of the night, according Donald Heyrich, an attorney representing the class. "After I ordered from Papa John's, my telephone started beeping with text messages advertising pizza specials," Erin Chutich, one of the plaintiffs, said in a statement. "Papa John's never asked permission to send me text message advertisements." The pizza franchises sent the text blasts through a mass text messaging service called OnTime4U, which is also a defendant in the case. When Papa John's was first sued in April 2010, the franchises allegedly ended their involvement with OnTime4U's text program, after the pizza company informed its corporate stores and franchisees that sending unsolicited messages to cellphones "is most likely illegal." The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 bars companies from sending advertisements via text message without a consumer first opting into the service. Caroline Oyler, Papa John's head of legal affairs, said that Papa John's corporate text messaging program is not subject to the lawsuit, as the text were sent "by third-party vendors and a small number of franchisees." The class-action lawsuit could lead to the largest damages awards ever recovered under the TCPA, according to Heyrich. The plaintiffs are seeking $500 per text, but they could be awarded up to $1,500 for each message if a jury rules that Papa John's willfully broke the law. "We have noticed text message spam is increasing in part because advertisers see it as a great way to get their material directly into the hands of customers," Heyrich said. "We hope this case keeps text message spam out of cellphones." Oyler, however, said that Papa John's sees "no basis" for the plaintiff's estimate of $250 million. The nationwide class-action case was certified on Nov. 9 by U.S. District Court Judge John Coughenour in Seattle. Papa John's plans to appeal the judge's ruling, Oyler said. "We don't agree with it and will continue to aggressively defend it," she said. "We'll continue to litigate the case and defend the lawsuit and move to have it dismissed." Shares of Papa John's fell by 1% on Tuesday and have fallen by nearly 2% since the judge ruled that the plaintiffs could join together. To top of page
Socialism is ever present. The failures you are thinking of were times when those in power thought to achieve pure socialism. Socialism and capitalism, collectivism and individualism, in balance, are best. Where that balance lies differs from time to time and culture to culture.
Well thats brilliant logic, so based on your assumption, as long as a restaraunt owner has more than one location, and 50 employees they can afford to double the cost of their employees? Do you realise how many restaurants/franchise owners there are out there who are teetering on the edge of insolvency in this environment? We are probably talking about a number close to 50%, a 300k hit to the bottom line of any restaurant owner is devastating, especially in this environment. You clearly dont understand the industry.
Business costs and regulations are up 10000% since 1900. We got this far, a massive improvement, so our world is probably not going to end over this change.
That means that costs have doubled approximately 7 times over the last 113 years, you going to tell me that when the costs double OVER NIGHT it doesnt present an issue?
Even when these business go bankrupt and close the leftists will deny it had anything to do with Obamacare or Obamataxes.
Ok, I just made that number up to make a point. But I don't see costs doubling over night. We were talking about a $0.15 increase to a large pizza, no?
You guys keep trying to break it down into numbers like 0.15 cents per pizza, the actual cost of a pizza is probably 1.50 cents which meants it adds 10% to the cost, the cost of a pizza has very little to do with the amount it costs to keep a pizza joint in business, the whole thing has to do with the overhead it costs to run the restaraunt. Do you not get that? I thought you were a business owner. The real question is how are these guys going to figure out a way to sling 10% more pizzas at their restaraunts, in order to stay in business, they now have to up their sales by 10%
You're arguing with a devout communist who wears the communist manifesto on a string around his neck. He lives on a web site devoted to capitalism, preaching the evils of individual profit success and wealth. AND he has no interest in trading the markets.