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Court Rules Against AT&T's Service Agreement

Posted by Soulskill on from the now-get-to-work-on-those-eulas dept.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is running a story about a recent ruling from the Washington State Supreme Court, which decided that AT&T's service agreement was not capable of waiving a customer's right to file a lawsuit against the company. The full opinion (PDF) is also available. From the conclusion: "AT&T's Consumer Services Agreement is substantively unconscionable and therefore unenforceable to the extent that it purports to waive the right to class actions, require confidentiality, shorten the Washington Consumer Protection Act statute of limitations, and limit availability of attorney fees. ... Courts will not be easily deceived by attempts to unilaterally strip away consumer protections and remedies by efforts to cloak the waiver of important rights under an arbitration clause."

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  1. Comment Reader Agreement by bigtallmofo · · Score: 5, Funny

    By reading this comment, you agree to send me $50 via PayPal and let me sleep with your most attractive female relative over the age of 18. If you do not agree to these terms, do not read this comment.

    Isn't AT&T's service agreement just as silly? The judge in the case appears to think so.

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    1. Re:Comment Reader Agreement by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      On a day when part of our great nation's historic south is about to be flattened; when hundreds of poor folks are running for their lives without supplies, how dare you make levity at the expense of one of our country's most productive companies?

      And to Slash Dot, shame on you for this for giving a platform to this anti-American propoganda at a time when we should be focussing our efforts on praying for our fellow citizens.

    2. Re:Comment Reader Agreement by sethstorm · · Score: 5, Funny

      By reading this comment, you agree to send me $50 via PayPal and let me sleep with your most attractive female relative over the age of 18. If you do not agree to these terms, do not read this comment.

      Two women show up for you to judge who's most attractive. As a part of that, they talk about a cup.

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    3. Re:Comment Reader Agreement by gardyloo · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sigh... damnit.

          OK, Frank will be along soon. She's, erm... got a great personality.

          Good luck with that.

    4. Re:Comment Reader Agreement by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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    5. Re:Comment Reader Agreement by eknagy · · Score: 2, Funny

      Alt-F4 ?

    6. Re:Comment Reader Agreement by kohaku · · Score: 3, Funny

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  2. The legal Death Star just blew up by davidwr · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thank you Judge Skywalker.

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    1. Re:The legal Death Star just blew up by mfnickster · · Score: 3, Funny

      "What good is a judgment if you ain't around to collect it? Besides, attacking that corporation ain't my idea of courage, kid. It's more like... suicide."

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  3. Re:good, how about better: precedence by Herschel+Cohen · · Score: 2, Funny

    which is not about a president.

    Do not become over comfortable with an apparent rational judgment from a state court. On the national level this will probably be reversed with alacrity.

  4. Re:Check any Online Games EULA ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hi person who got banned for using hacks/bots in WoW.