( September 4, 2026, 10:34 AM EDT) -- GREENSBORO, N.C. — A North Carolina federal judge on Sept. 3 dismissed with prejudice a putative class action against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc. (RJR) for allegedly sending marketing text messages to a consumer whose telephone number was listed in the national Do Not Call (DNC) registry, writing that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) “does not create a private cause of action based on unwanted text messages.”...