April 03, 2017
A South Dakota federal judge has handed down only $36,798 in attorneys' fees to Sprint Communications Company LP, despite the company's push for more than $690,000, after the judge held in August that a telecommunications company controlled by the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe improperly billed it for free conference calling services.
September 22, 2016
Sprint continued to push for more than $690,000 in attorneys' fees Thursday after a South Dakota federal judge held that a telecommunications company controlled by the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe improperly billed it for free conference calling services, saying its requested fees were reasonably incurred.
September 20, 2016
A telecommunications company controlled by the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe said Sprint Communications Co.'s bid for more than $690,000 in attorneys' fees was unreasonable on Monday, after a South Dakota federal judge ruled it had improperly billed the communications giant for free conference calling services.
August 04, 2016
A South Dakota federal judge ruled Thursday that a telecommunications company controlled by the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe improperly billed Sprint Communications Co. LP fees for free conference calling services, handing a win to the telecom giant in its long-running suit challenging the charges.
July 06, 2016
Sprint Communications Co. LP urged a South Dakota federal judge on Tuesday to reject a bid by a telecommunications company controlled by the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe to introduce post-trial evidence in the telecom giant's suit over fees for free conference calling services.
July 01, 2016
A tribal telecommunications company, which Sprint claims demanded payment for patching through an artificially inflated number of calls, continued to press a South Dakota federal judge Thursday to make the telecom giant pay $463,000 In connection fees.
June 17, 2016
Sprint asked a South Dakota federal judge Thursday to reject a tribal telecommunications company's post-trial bid for connection fees, arguing the telecom giant deserves judgment in its favor because the tribal carrier was impermissibly close to the end user.
June 03, 2016
Sprint on Friday urged a South Dakota federal judge to ignore a recent court ruling in Louisiana that it says has no bearing on its fee dispute with a tribal telecommunications company and is inadmissible under court rules.
May 27, 2016
A telecommunications company controlled by the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, which Sprint claims demanded payment for patching through an artificially inflated number of calls, urged a South Dakota federal judge Thursday to make Sprint pay $463,000 In connection fees.
February 29, 2016
Sprint Communications Co. won damages from a tribe-owned telecommunications company ahead of an upcoming trial in April over tariffs imposed on free conference calling services, when a South Dakota district judge ruled Friday that Native American Telecom LLC had improperly billed Sprint for certain access charges.