Throttling

A New Class Action Has Been Filed Against Apple for ‘Secretly Throttling’ iPhones

Back in May they announced their intent to file a class action against Apple. The case relates to the iPhone throttling issue which already has 60 or more class action suits ahead of it. Patently Apple stopped covering the matter at Class action 44. Then, 2017 arrived, and Apple installed software updates on the Devices to gather additional diagnostic data in early January 2017. Based in part …


Court Urged to Revive Class Action Over AT&T Broadband Slowdowns

AT&T wireless customers are asking a federal appeals court to revive their class-action lawsuit alleging that the company advertised “unlimited data,” only to throttle users who exceeded a monthly cap. The lawsuit was sent to arbitration last year, after U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen in the Northern District of California found that AT&T’s terms of service required arbitration of …


Appeals Court to Decide Whether AT&T Will Face Class-Action Over Throttling

A federal appellate court in California has agreed to decide whether consumers can proceed with a class-action lawsuit against AT&T over the company’s data-throttling practices. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals announced on Thursday that it would hear the consumers’ appeal of a trial judge’s decision to send the case to arbitration. The legal dispute dates to 2014, when three California …


At&T Lawyers Dodge Class Action Suit for LTE Throttling

AT&T has managed to successfully tap dance around a class action lawsuit filed by customers whose “unlimited” wireless data connections were throttled without AT&T making the restrictions clear. US District Court Judge Edward Chen has told customers suing the telco for its misleading throttling practices that they can’t sue as part of a class action — because they signed a contract with AT&T …