Build-A-Bear Can Keep Unwanted Texts Suit in Federal Court

Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. can keep claims brought over unwanted texts in federal court, according to a judge in Missouri who denied the plaintiff’s motion to remand the proposed class action back to state court.

Benjamin Ruby sued Build-A-Bear in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, claiming that the company sent him and others unwanted texts in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

Build-A-Bear successfully moved the claims to the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in September 2021.

Ruby attempted to remand the claims back to state court by arguing that Build-A-Bear admitted that he ...