Nov. 7 Status Conference Set in First of 2 TCPA Suits Against Parler

U.S. District Judge Roy Altman for Southern Florida in Miami scheduled a Nov. 7 video status conference in the class action in which Broward County consumer Catherine Migliano alleges Parler inundated her with telemarketing text messages promoting the sale of Donald Trump non-fungible tokens in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, said the judge’s order Wednesday (docket 0:22-cv-61805). Altman is giving attorneys the option of appearing in person or via Zoon, said the order. Migliano’s complaint was the first of two TCPA actions filed against the right-leaning social media platform in just over a month (see 2210240040). In the other TCPA complaint against Parler, U.S. District Judge Kent Wetherell for Northern Florida in Pensacola signed an order Thursday granting the platform's unopposed motion for a deadline extension to Nov. 18 to answer the suit by plaintiff Jordan Copeland.