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Billion-dollar AT&T settlement OK’d

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

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A federal judge in Illinois has signed off on a class action settlement with AT&T Mobility that could mean customer refunds worth approximately $1 billion.

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Class action against AT&T reopened

Thursday, June 2, 2011

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A federal judge has taken the unusual step this week of reopening a case a month after he dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims.

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Court OK’s $900K settlement over data privacy

Friday, February 11, 2011

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A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a $900,000 class action settlement that would primarily benefit Missouri’s legal aid organizations.

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Customers sue over AT&T settlement surcharge

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

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A Kansas City pizzeria and a Boonville man have filed a class action lawsuit against AT&T, claiming the phone company can’t charge extra to its business and residential customers to cover the $65 million settlement with Missouri cities. “This practice is wrong, deceptive, and extremely lucrative for Defendants, who proceed as if they are immune [...]

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Resolution awarded to Mulligan for Lawyer of Year honor

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

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St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley congratulated in a resolution a municipal attorney who was featured in Missouri Lawyers Weekly’s Lawyer of the Year issue. University City attorney John Mulligan Jr. was honored in the Jan. 12 resolution as a public servant “singled out for a highly coveted award.” Mulligan helped win a $65 million [...]

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Call center workers’ class action against AT&T proceeds

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

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A federal judge will allow a lawsuit by AT&T call center workers who say they worked unpaid hours to proceed as a class action. U.S. District Judge Ortrie Smith granted a conditional certification in an order yesterday. The certification allows the plaintiffs to begin discovery in a case that could include thousands of workers in [...]

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T-Mobile reaches tentative agreement with cities in taxes lawsuit

Thursday, December 17, 2009

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Help may be on the way for cash-strapped Missouri cities thanks to a tentative agreement reached with T-Mobile in a class-action lawsuit over cell phone taxes. The agreement is subject to client approval, said John F. Mulligan Jr., an attorney representing about 300 municipalities. “We’ll be working on it for the next 30 days,” Mulligan [...]

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AT&T faces class action over Internet speed

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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A St. Louis County circuit judge has certified a class action against AT&T. The lawsuit could potentially affect tens of thousands of customers in five states that allegedly received slower DSL speeds than AT&T had advertised. The lawsuit against AT&T claims the company had not delivered on its advertising promises of providing high speed DSL [...]

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Judge approves $65M AT&T settlement

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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A St. Louis judge has approved a $65 million class action settlement between AT&T and municipalities throughout the state. St. Louis Circuit Judge Edward Sweeney approved the settlement on Monday, and he affirmed $16.25 million of the settlement being awarded to class counsel in attorneys’ fees. The lawsuit was filed by the cities of University [...]

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UPDATED: Resident can’t intervene in AT&T settlement

Monday, November 2, 2009

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The parties returned in the afternoon with slight changes made to their proposed order for the final settlement mostly relating to the court having the ability to make a separate order regarding the attorneys’ fees. St. Louis Circuit Judge Edward Sweeney also took some time to ask plaintiff attorney John Mulligan Jr. about some of [...]

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