Sage Dismisses Phone Solicitation Claims vs. Debt Collector Halsted

Plaintiff Sage Telecom voluntarily dismissed its phone solicitation claims against debt collector Halsted Financial Service, said its notice Monday (docket 3:23-cv-00463) in U.S. District Court for Northern Texas in Dallas. The dismissal came about a week after Sage filed a first amended complaint with screen shots of complaints from individuals reporting they were harassed by Halstead representatives over bills and services they didn't have and debt they didn’t owe (see 2303310005). Sage alleged Halsted violated the Texas Business & Commercial Code for making continuous and repetitive telephone solicitations to Sage’s Lifeline customers without obtaining a registration certificate from the secretary of state's office. Sage’s dismissal against Halsted came days after a judge in a separate but similar case granted debt collector Mercantile Adjustment Bureau’s motion to dismiss Sage Telecom’s phone solicitation complaint for failure to state a claim on which relief may be granted (see 2304050006).