IN RE A2P SMS ANTITRUST LITIGATION

  1. August 27, 2014

    AT&T, Verizon Lose Bid To Stop Class Arbitration Decision

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday refused to stay an order that said an arbitrator should decide whether to hear accusations of text messaging price-fixing by AT&T Mobility LLC and Verizon Wireless LLC as a class or individually, saying the phone companies' appeal of her decision was questionable.

  2. July 22, 2014

    AT&T-Verizon Class Arbitration Appeal Called Improper

    Plaintiffs accusing AT&T Mobility LLC, Verizon Wireless and others of engaging in an anti-competitive bulk commercial text message conspiracy urged a New York federal judge on Monday to not stay the proceedings, arguing the carriers improperly appealed the applicability of class arbitration to the Second Circuit.

  3. May 30, 2014

    AT&T, Others Can't Block Class Arbitration In Antitrust Suit

    A New York federal judge on Thursday rejected a bid by AT&T Mobility LLC, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel Corp. and others to keep plaintiffs from pursuing class arbitration in an antitrust suit alleging a bulk commercial text message conspiracy, saying it's for the arbitrator to decide.

  4. September 18, 2013

    Text Message Antitrust Suit Not Exempt From AmEx Ruling

    A federal judge ruled Monday that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent American Express Inc. decision prevented three messaging service companies from avoiding arbitration in their antitrust suit against a slew of wireless companies by arguing that the cost of pursuing arbitration would be prohibitive.

  5. June 07, 2012

    Judge Combines SMS Price-Fixing Cases Against AT&T, Others

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday linked a series of class actions accusing AT&T Mobility LLC, Verizon Wireless LLC, Sprint Nextel Corp. and other wireless carriers of conspiring to fix prices on text messages sent between businesses and their customers.

  6. April 09, 2012

    Verizon, AT&T, Others Fixed Text Message Rates, Suit Says

    The nation's largest cellphone carriers, including Verizon Wireless LLC, AT&T Mobility LLC and Sprint Nextel Corp., have conspired to fix prices on text messages sent between businesses and consumers, according to a putative class action filed Thursday in New York federal court.

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