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Judge Rules Sprint Early Termination Fees Illegal

Antiglobalism writes to tell us that an Alameda County Judge has ruled against Sprint Nextel in a class-action lawsuit, awarding customers $18.2 million in restitution for early termination fees. "Though the decision could be appealed, it's the first in the country to declare the fees illegal in a state and could affect other similar lawsuits, with broad implications for the nation's fast-growing legions of cell phone users. The judge - who is overseeing several other suits against telecommunications companies that involve similar fees - also told the company to stop trying to collect $54.7 million from other customers who haven't yet paid the charges they were assessed. The suit said about 2 million Californians were assessed the fee."

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  1. *whew* by AP31R0N · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is good news for Sarah Conner.

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  2. Re:Case Law Precedent? by gnick · · Score: 4, Funny

    A dress? Really?

    This is a perfect place for a car analogy and you went with a custom-tailored silk dress? I mean... Driving around for 6 months without making payments and getting the car repossessed ~= A free car rental with the credit penalty being the only downside. It's that easy.

    A dress?

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  3. Re:Case Law Precedent? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Now thats a loan to loose your house too!

    So I should only consider such a loan if my house is tight?