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Hagens Berman
Hagens Berman: T-Mobile Loses Important Battle in Cell Phone Text Messaging Case
August 3rd, 2008
T-Mobile USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG (NYSE:DT), lost an important ruling earlier this week when a U.S. District Court judge denied its motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a group of disgruntled T-Mobile subscribers, claiming the Bellevue-based company charges them -- and millions of T-Mobile customers -- for unsolicited text messages. According to the complaint, customers have no way to disable the phones from receiving text messages, often in the form of spam, and are forced to pay between 10 and 15 cents for every message. The court's ruling allows the case, filed on Oct. 19, 2007, to move forward. "This...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-08-03)
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