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Cell Phone Early Termination Fees

Reed Kathrein, and other attorneys at Lerach Coughlin, are currently litigating class actions against wireless service providers on behalf of wireless subscribers who are subject to or have paid an Early Termination Fee for terminating their wireless service before the expiration of their service agreement. Plaintiffs allege that the Early Termination Fees are illegal penalties and seek injunctive relief and damages on behalf of consumers who were forced to pay Early Termination Fees and on behalf of consumers who are unfairly tethered to their contracts by Early Termination Fee clauses. Lerach Coughlin is prosecuting claims on behalf of consumers in separate but coordinated lawsuits against the following wireless service providers:

  • AT&T
  • Cingular
  • Nextel
  • Sprint
  • T-Mobile
  • Verizon
If you have paid an Early Termination Fee to any wireless service provider and are interested in joining or obtaining more information about this lawsuit, please click here.

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Sony Agrees To Stop Putting Unwanted DRM Software on music CD's. We are pleased to report that in working with the Electronic Frontier Foundation ("EFF"), Sony/BMG has agreed to settle a class action over the placement of digital rights management software on it's music CD's by stopping the practice, repalcing the CD's and compensating those who purchased the CD's. The EFF has a help page and resources concerning the settlement. Claim Forms are due by December 31, 2006. If you would like to submit a Claim Form online, please click here. If you have played a CD on your computer that contains either XCP or MediaMax 5.0 content protection software, you shouldupdate or uninstall the software to reduce your risk of security vulnerabilities.

Los Angeles court rules AT&T arbitration clause is not a part of the contract with consumers. The trial on whether the coverage maps of AT&T Wireless (now Cingular) are deceptive has been delayed as defendants now are seeking to compel arbitration after 7 years of litigation.

Bait and Switch Complaint filed against Dell  To view the complaint filed in federal court seeking nationwide class action status for bait and switch tactics click here.

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