Cowboys Decide To Settle Class-Action Suit Over Junk Faxes

Eight months after "failing to get off the hook in the state legislature," the Cowboys agreed yesterday to settle a class-action lawsuit over junk faxes for $1.73M, according to Richard Alm of the DALLAS MORNING NEWS. Houston attorney Julius Glickman, who repped the plaintiffs, said that Dallas-based American Blastfax, a company which the Cowboys hired, "sent faxes to 125,000 individuals and companies on two separate occasions" in December '99 to advertise the team's playoff tickets. Alm notes that Dallas-based Omnibus Int'l, a company which received the "unwanted fax," sued, "alleging that the so-called junk faxes hurt legitimate advertising as well as consumers and businesses." The Omnibus complaint was part of the class action. Under the settlement, the "recipients are eligible for up to $500 for each unsolicited transmission." Glickman said that if any funds "remain, the Cowboys have agreed to donate [them] to charity" (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 12/4).