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- NOS Communications settles class action lawsuit regarding deceptive marketing practices (Jul-1-08)
- Oscar Winner Sues Production Company Ascendant pays Kevin Costner undisclosed amount in settlement. (Mar-6-08)
- Overtime Pay Santa Barbara News-Press pays $140,000 settlement in overtime suit. (Mar-10-08)
- Paddock Publications Undisclosed settlement for using the wrong man's photo in the Chicago Daily Herald as a person arrested in a drug bust. (Oct-11-05)
- Paramount Pictures, the Los Angeles Time,s and Allied Advertising $75,000 settlement to resolve negligent advertising and bomb hoax charges. (Apr-19-07)
- Paris Hilton Undisclosed settlement in $10 million defamation lawsuit. (Aug-23-07)
- Past Due Telecom Italia to pay $7.1 million settlement in accounts receivable lawsuit. (Mar-12-08)
- Phone Bill Reduction Qwest agrees to $16 million settlement in overcharging lawsuit. (May-1-08)
- Phone Records CEO Group pays $25,000 FTC fine for selling phone records to third parties. (Dec-21-07)
- Popular Leasing USA $15.3 million debt relief and refunds provided to matrix box leasers. (Aug-28-06)
- Preliminary $1M Settlement Reached in Bell Canada Late Fees Class Action (Sep-28-10)
- Preliminary $3.75 Settlement Reached in We Vibe Smart Vibrator Wire Tap Class Action (Mar-16-17)
- Preliminary Settlement Reached in LuckyBrand Spam Texts Class Action Lawsuit (Nov-28-12)
- Press Apology Newspapers pay undisclosed settlement in libel lawsuit. (Mar-19-08)
- Public Safety Radio M/A-COM Inc. to pay $4 million settlement in overcharging lawsuit. (Apr-30-08)
- Qwest Communications International Inc. $5.5 million settlement for implementing an unjust 7 cent surcharge to customers. (Feb-28-06)
- Qwest Communications $265 million telecommunications settlement awarded to the State of New Mexico. (Jul-31-06)
- Qwest Communications $270 million to be spent on customer credit and improvements. (Apr-19-07)
- Radio Station Hot 97 $240,000 settlement for producing and airing a slapping contest from April 2004 to January 2005. (Aug-18-05)
- Record $75M Settlement in Capital One TCPA Class Action (Aug-1-14)
- Reliance Infocomm An Rs.1.5 billion telecommunications settlement for overseas phone calls. (Mar-7-05)
- Rod Stewart A Las Vegas jury verdict found the British rocker must repay a $2 million advance plus interest for a cancelled concert at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. (Sep-8-05)
- Rod Stewart Concert cancellation. (Nov-15-04)
- Screenplay Dispute Spyglass Entertainment Group and Hollywood Pictures Corp. pay Jerry Lewis undisclosed settlement for a remake of "The Errand Boy" that was never made. (Oct-24-07)
- Settlement Approved in Google Slide Text Message Class Action Lawsuit (Jul-8-13)
- Settlement Reached in NobelTel Prepaid Calling Card Lawsuit (Jun-8-12)
- Sony BMG Music Entertainment $10 million fraud settlement for bribing radio programmers into playing the company's artists. (Aug-1-05)
- Sony BMG Music Entertainment Consumers reimbursed for privacy infringement. (Feb-7-07)
- Sony Waterproof Mobile Device Consumer Fraud Class Action Settlement (Aug-24-17)
- Sony, mBlox Reach Tentative Settlement in $63 Million Mobile Content Class Action (Nov-11-09)
- Spam Fax Class Action Lawsuit Reaches Tentative $15M Settlement (Nov-9-15)
- Speech Defamation Great Lakes Dredge & Dock agrees to settlement after recording and disseminating an attorney's speech. (Nov-11-07)
- Sports Illustrated $20 million defamation of character filed by former Washington State football coach for false allegations published in the magazine. (Oct-18-05)
- Sports Marketing Agency Reggie Bush pays marketing agency settlement for breach of contract. (Oct-11-07)
- Sprint Agrees Tentative $5.5M Settlement in Automated Phone Calls Class Action (Jul-19-11)
- Sprint Nextel Early Termination Fees Ruled Illegal in California (Aug-1-08)
- Sprint Settles ETF Class Action for $17.5 Million (Aug-11-09)
- Stolen Phones AT&T pays California state fine for unlawfully charging customers for unauthorized calls. (Oct-11-07)
- Sunday Mirror Substantial settlement awarded to supermodel Kate Moss for defamation of character. (Aug-11-05)
- Talk America $150,000 telecommunications settlement awarded, of which $50,000 will be distributed to the state and $100,000 in free phone cards, including $25,000 to the Women's Resource Center of Grand Rapids, MI. (Jun-26-06)
- Tanning Salon Defamation WDIO-TV pays undisclosed settlement after reporting false information about a business owner. (Jan-23-08)
- Tekelec $5 million in credits awarded to Bouygues Telecom for a service interruption. (Mar-12-07)
- Telecom Settlement Ericsson settles $30 million lawsuit. (Mar-5-08)
- Telecom $3.3 million returned to customers for double billing flaws. (Oct-12-06)
- Telemarketing Timeshare Equity Marketing Corp. pays $95,000 settlement for deceptive advertising. (Dec-25-07)
- Telsim Mobil $500 million settlement awarded to Motorola who alleged fraud against the Turkish cellular phone operator. (Nov-1-05)
- Terremark Announces Omnibus Settlement Regarding Acquisition by Verizon (Feb-28-11)
- Third Party Mobile Content Charges Class Action Settlement (Sep-21-10)
- Timberland Unsolicited Text Messages Cost Company $7 Million (Sep-15-08)
- Time Inc. $8.8 million settlement in cash and refunds for automatically charging and billing readers for renewals. (Mar-23-06)