Curve Ball: Automated Marketing Text Messages Put Cubs on the Defensive in Lawsuit

By Jason Re, Esq. The Chicago Cubs are no stranger to the curveball, but a lawsuit surely was not what was anticipated as the Major League Baseball season hums along into the Summer. In May of this year, Chicago resident Colin Lateano filed a civil suit against the storied franchise in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, where both Lateano and the Cubs call home. The complaint alleges recurring violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991