Settlements - Media/Telecom

• Collect Calls Phone billing companies pay $1.9 million settlement in unauthorized charges lawsuit. (Mar-17-08)
• Comcast $1 million settlement awarded to Massachusetts customers for unfair business practices in marketing and advertising. (Mar-22-06)
• Consumer Digital Services LLC $1.3 million settlement in deceptive trade practices and consumer fraud lawsuit. (Jun-27-07)
• Cool Alert $3M Settlement Payouts Increase (Sep-18-17)
• Cruise Lines and Marketing Company Settle TCPA Class Action Lawsuit (Aug-16-17)
• Daily Mail, Associated Newspapers $6,000 settlement awarded to Keira Knightley to resolve celebrity libel claim. (May-28-07)
• Damaged Billboards Lamar Advertising pays $35,000 settlement after violating permit laws. (Feb-7-08)
• Dance Lord Defamation Lord of the Dance star settles defamation lawsuit. (Sep-28-07)
• DIRECTV $5 million settlement for failing to offer local TV channels and providing unreadable contracts. (Dec-13-05)
• Donald Trump $100,000 contribution to end flag flying woes for high end club owner. (Apr-25-07)
• Dr. Renato Calabria Sharon Stone filed a defamation suit against the doctor who has agreed to perform reconstructive surgery on children born with facial deformities. (Nov-18-05)
• EchoStar Communications $100 million settlement paid to affiliate associations to protect distant network channel subscribers. (Aug-28-06)
• Educational Infomercials Whitney Information Network refunds $1 million to customers for false and misleading advertising. (Jan-13-08)
• Email Advertising Adteractive pays $650,000 civil penalty for advertising spam fraud. (Dec-1-07)
• Email Discount Network Over $1 million in restitution for unauthorized phone charges levied on 270,000 customers. (Apr-16-07)
• EMI Group A broadcast law settlement of $3.75 million reached to resolve accusations after investigation by the NY attorney general (Jun-16-06)
• Entercom Communications $4.25 million payola settlement. (Dec-28-06)
• Facebook Child Protection Online social networking company agrees to safety probe settlement. (Oct-16-07)
• Family Television Studios and Paradigm Media Group $75,000 settlement awarded to Michael Douglas. (Jul-11-06)
• FAX.com Inc. $428,000 settlement for sending junk advertisements. (May-19-06)
• Fax.com $6.6 million settlement for sending junk faxes. (Aug-20-06)
• Feature Film Piracy Chinese company settles piracy suit with Hollywood studios. (Mar-8-08)
• Franchise Pictures and Sidonian Holdings $3 million settlement for fraud awarded to Intertainment. (Aug-21-06)
• Free Ringtones Azoogle pays $1 million settlement for internet marketing and advertising fraud. (Nov-10-07)
• Galaxy Communications $1 million settlement reached in burned woman's emotional distress suit. (Dec-7-07)
• Google Settles Buzz Class Action for $8.5 Million (Sep-3-10)
• Google Slide Disco Text Messaging Class Action Lawsuit Reaches Preliminary Settlement (Dec-19-12)
• Hard Rock Casino A $100,000 fine was paid to the Nevada Gaming Commission for a racy advertisement. (Jan-4-05)
• Hooters to Pay $1.3M in TCPA Text Message Class Action Lawsuit (Aug-14-17)
• IADT Unsolicited Text Message Ads Class Action Settlement (Jul-10-12)
• Illegal Music Downloading Woman pays $220,000 settlement for downloading and sharing 24 songs. (Oct-7-07)
• Inflated Circulation Tribune Co. pays $15 million settlement for marketing fraud. (Dec-23-07)
• Intermix Media $750,000 in penalties for profits allegedly made through the distribution of spyware. (Oct-27-05)
• Island Def Jam Music Group A $132 million dollar verdict has been awarded to T.. (May-28-03)
• Jack Kerouac Biography Author returns $200,000 deposit after failing to meet deadline. (Oct-1-07)
• Jerome Armstrong $29,000 in fines and penalties in stock touting lawsuit. (Aug-11-07)
• Journal Communications $5000 settlement awarded to Robert Miranda for defamation of character from a Web Log. (Aug-5-05)
• Jumpstart Technologies $900,000 fine for violating anti spam laws. (Mar-27-06)
• Legacy Litigation Progressive Gaming International Corp. agrees to pay $20 million settlement after ten years. (Nov-7-07)
• Libel Columnist Kane County Chronicle pays libel settlement to chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court. (Oct-15-07)
• Lord of the Rings Accounting New Line Cinema pays Peter Jackson $125,000 in royalties. (Sep-26-07)
• Lord of the Rings New Line Cinema reportedly paid Peter Jackson a $40 million settlement for accounting fraud. (Dec-24-07)
• Mantra Films $2.1 million fine for failing to document the ages of female performers in "Girls Gone Wild" films. (Sep-13-06)
• MGN Limited and Northern & Shell PLC Undisclosed settlement awarded to pop star Robbie Williams after alleging he was gay. (Dec-7-05)
• Microsoft A $60 million settlement for patent infringement. (Mar-14-05)
• Mobile Content Class Action Settlement Reached With m-Qube (Nov-20-09)
• Mobile Content Class Action Settlement Announced (Sep-1-10)
• Newport Creative Communications $400,000 settlement for making misleading claims in direct-mail solicitations. (Jan-30-06)
• News Group Newspapers Substantial sum awarded to Cameron Diaz for defamation in an out of court settlement (Aug-6-05)
• Newspaper Publisher Star Tribune must pay St. Paul Pioneer Press a $3.8 million trade secrets act violations settlement. (Feb-20-08)