September 29, 2017
An Arkansas federal court on Thursday declined to certify a class of prisoners and their families in price-gouging litigation against Global Tel*Link Corporation at thousands of prisons, saying their unjust enrichment claims require highly specific factual analysis.
March 28, 2017
The group of consumers whom Global Tel Link Corp. contends must arbitrate their claims that it price-gouged prison phone calls urged an Arkansas federal judge to deny that compel motion, arguing that after two years of litigation, the prison communications company has waived that right.
March 02, 2017
Global Tel*Link Corp. asked an Arkansas federal court on Wednesday to compel four plaintiffs in a putative class action over alleged price gouging for prison phone calls to arbitrate their claims, saying their contract agreements called for it.
May 18, 2016
Global Tel*Link managed to cut back Arkansas federal court allegations of exploitative price-gouging for phone calls at 2,200 prisons countrywide Tuesday, with the judge finding the Federal Communications Act doesn't apply to in-state calls, although he kept the remaining state law claims intact.
November 17, 2015
A proposed class of relatives and inmates accusing a payphone provider of exploiting them by price-gouging on phone calls at 2,200 prisons has urged an Arkansas federal judge to not toss their case, saying new regulations put their claims squarely under federal law.
September 29, 2015
A prison payphone provider on Monday urged an Arkansas federal court to dismiss a proposed class action alleging its charges for calls on prison payphones are exploitative, arguing the claims are exclusively intrastate matters and therefore outside the scope of federal law.
June 15, 2015
Global Tel*Link Corp. was slapped with a class action in Arkansas federal court on Friday accusing the prison payphone provider of exploiting inmates by gouging prices at 2,200 prisons and jails in 48 states.