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Last week, Magistrate Judge Maughmer issued an order in Goans Acquisition, Inc. v. Merchant Solutions, LLC, No. 12-00539, 2013 WL 5408460 (W.D. Mo. Sept. 26, 2013) tackling a popular class action topic these days: To what extent does an unaccepted Rule 68 Offer of Judgment moot a putative class action claim? Although the Supreme Court dodged this ultimate question under the FLSA context in Genesis (read about our previous posts about that case its aftermath here, here, and here), in Goans, Judge Maughmer held that Goans' claim under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA"), both on an individual and class basis, was mooted by the unaccepted offer.  Slip op. at  *3 ( "Most federal circuits have found that an offer of judgment that would provide all the relief a plaintiff requests (or is entitled to) has the effect of mooting the action even if the offer is not accepted.")  The court did, however, find that plaintiff's conversion claim…