Smart Communications Holding, Inc. et al v. Global Tel-Link Corporation et al

  1. May 14, 2024

    Judge Trims More From Prison Phone Co.'s Antitrust Suit

    Prison telephone service provider Global Tel Link and a Pennsylvania county now have one fewer claim to face in a lawsuit accusing them of sinking a rival company's chance at winning a contract with the county, after a federal court trimmed away yet another claim.

  2. November 03, 2022

    Prison Phone Co. Loses Pa. Antitrust Claims, For Now

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled that a prison phone service company must bolster its claims that a competitor sunk its chance for a government contract by agreeing to cover the prison's cost in separate litigation, because it didn't show the rival's conduct was unjustified.

  3. April 07, 2022

    Prison Phone Co. Can't Expel Pa. County's Counsel In IP Row

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday denied a request from a prison communications company suing a competitor and York County in an antitrust case to force out the county's counsel — being paid for by the competitor — in a related patent dispute.

  4. March 15, 2022

    Firm DQ'd From Representing Pa. County In Antitrust Case

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has disqualified law firm Mette Evans & Woodside from representing York County in an antitrust suit between two prison phone services, reasoning that counsel's entry could be a means of manipulating the courts by forcing another judge to recuse himself from the case due to the firm being on his conflict list.

  5. December 07, 2021

    Prison Phone Co. Says It's Immune To Rival's Collusion Suit

    Prison telephone service provider Global Tel Link Corp. is immune to antitrust claims that it tried to box a rival out of doing business with a Pennsylvania county because it was in contract with the county at the time and operating under the supervision of the state, the company has told a federal court.

  6. October 07, 2021

    Prison Phone Co. Boxed Rival Out Of Pa. County, Suit Says

    One of the country's biggest prison telephone service providers threatened to tie a Florida rival up in patent litigation if it refused to drop an unrelated patent suit against a Pennsylvania prison, according to a lawsuit that accuses the prison and telecom giant of collusion.