January 29, 2021
A proposed class of consumers asked a California federal judge on Friday to preliminarily approve a $12 million settlement that would resolve claims in a more than 5-year-old suit alleging that AT&T misrepresented its unlimited cellphone data plans.
June 05, 2020
Consumers in a class action accusing AT&T of misrepresenting unlimited cellphone data plans have shot back at the telecom's efforts to have the court recognize as fact hundreds of documents that the company says show consumers who bought those plans knew data speeds could be throttled.
April 09, 2018
AT&T on Friday appealed to the Ninth Circuit a California federal judge's resurrection of a consumer class action over alleged misrepresentation of unlimited cellphone data plans, a likely test of whether federal arbitration laws can block pursuit of not just monetary but also injunctive relief in courts.
March 14, 2018
A California federal judge resurrected a consumer class action alleging AT&T misrepresented unlimited data cellphone plans, finding a 2017 California Supreme Court ruling created a new avenue to possibly invalidate arbitration mandates as they relate to injunctive relief.
June 24, 2016
AT&T will have to defend its arbitration mandate at the Ninth Circuit after a California federal judge on Thursday certified that mandate for immediate appeal in the proposed class action from wireless customers alleging the company misrepresented an unlimited mobile data plan.
June 03, 2016
AT&T Mobility LLC lashed out Thursday at wireless customers pursuing a proposed class action alleging it misrepresented an unlimited mobile data plan, telling a California federal court there's no reason to allow an appeal of the judge's decision to send the dispute to arbitration.
March 01, 2016
A California federal judge sent to arbitration on Monday a proposed class action brought by AT&T wireless users who accused the company of misrepresenting an unlimited mobile data plan, saying the customers' First Amendment claims failed because they were not suing the government.
January 05, 2016
Consumers pursuing a proposed class action alleging AT&T lied about its "unlimited" smartphone data plans by throttling service to customers who exceed secret usage limits blasted the company's bid to force arbitration in California federal court Monday as an unconstitutional end-run around the First Amendment.
July 24, 2015
A group of consumers hit AT&T Mobility LLC with a putative class action Friday alleging the wireless provider lied about its "unlimited" data plans by throttling service to customers who exceed a secret usage limit, about a month after the Federal Communications Commission proposed fining AT&T $100 million over the practice.