Sprint Receives Preliminary Approval to Settle ETF Claims

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posted Dec 10, 2008, 2:43 PM   by Eric M. Zeman

Sprint has received preliminary approval from a New Jersey court to settle pending lawsuits over early termination fees. The total settlement amounts to $17.5 million and would cover cases across the country, though it excludes plaintiffs based in California. A separate case there is seeking $1 billion in damages, and is exempted from the ruling made by the judge in NJ. A California judge has already declared that Sprint's ETF policies were illegal between 1999 and 2007. Sprint has since changed its ETF policy.

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