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Santa Ana Judge Denies LendingTree’s Motion to Dismiss

U.S. District Judge John Holcomb for Central California in Santa Ana used a 37-minute hearing Friday to deny defendant LendingTree’s motion to dismiss plaintiff Paul Sapan’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act complaint, said his order (docket 8:23-cv-00071). Sapan alleges that LendingTree…

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and its agents don’t check the federal do not call registry before making cold calls to consumers to sell its financial services (see 2301170071). LendingTree’s unsuccessful motion to dismiss asserted that the Santa Ana court lacks personal jurisdiction over LendingTree, plus that Sapan premises his action on the mistaken belief that he received unwanted phone calls from individuals or entities acting on LendingTree’s behalf (see 2304100040).