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Houston Plaintiff Sues to Stop Skin Care Firm From Hounding Her With Texts

Within the federal government’s “web of indecipherable acronyms and byzantine programs,” the national do not call registry “stands out as a model of clarity,” said plaintiff Monica Abboud’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action Wednesday (docket 4:24-cv-00102) in U.S. District…

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Court for Southern Texas in Houston to stop the Haus of Skin Aesthetics, a skin care company, from texting her with product solicitations. The DNC registry “means what it says,” said Abboud’s complaint. “If a person wishes to no longer receive telephone solicitations, he can add his number to the list,” it said. The Texas resident listed her cellphone number on the registry in 2020, yet the company still hounded her with text messages, said her complaint. Before filing the lawsuit, Abboud’s counsel contacted the company, which didn’t deny sending the texts, it said. Abboud and her potential class members “were harmed by the conduct that invaded their privacy,” the complaint said.