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Is there anything better than news of a huge corporation getting served the smackdown from a State Supreme Court? Washington State’s Supreme Court just laid down a ruling that effectively loses AT&T their roaming-charge class action lawsuit. The class action lawsuit, filed back in 2004 (when AT&T was Cingular), alleges the company of advertising free roaming on AT&T’s network (which was still a separate entity from Cingular) and then reneging on their promise – leading to overcharges ranging from $1 to $40 per month. AT&T argued that the wireless service contracts forbid subscribers from initiating a class-action suit, but the Washington State Supreme Court says differently – banning a class action lawsuit would “effectively den[y] large numbers of consumers the protection of Washington’s Consumer Protection Act,” adding that class actions are necessary to “strongly deter future similar wrongful conduct, which benefits the community as a whole.”
With AT&T main guns taken out of commission, this battle is nearly over. The class action is likely to result in some sort of settlement for Washington State AT&T customers. Well done, Washingtonians! As much as we love AT&T for their iPhone, we love seeing corporations getting “served” a whole lot more.
[Via: Cellular News]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
