Thursday, December 11, 2008

Sprint Secures Preliminary Approval To Settle Wireless Contract Disputes on ETF

Here's some good news for those who have wireless contract disputes involving Sprint's ETF or early termination fee. According to RCRWirelessNews.com, a New Jersey court has given Sprint preliminary approval to settle pending lawsuits over early termination fees. Now that's great news for those involved in wireless contract disputes involving Sprint's ETF or early termination fee.

Sprint will be doling out up to $17.5 million and would cover cases on wireless contract disputes involving Sprint's ETF or early termination fee across the country. However, those connected with wireless contract disputes involving Sprint's ETF or early termination fee in California were not included in the approval to settle pending lawsuits.

The approval to settle the wireless contract disputes involving Sprint's ETF or early termination fee has also put a separate $1 billion ETF lawsuit in jeopardy. Apparently this wireless contract dispute was filed by a different team of plaintiffs’ lawyers.

The judge in charge of the wireless contract disputes involving Sprint's ETF or early termination fee in California has ruled that the fees charged by Sprint Nextel to subscribers in the state between 1999 and 2007 could not be collected because it is illegal. In response, Sprint said that it will not go after the $225.6 million in unpaid ETFs of those concerned in the wireless contract disputes involving Sprint's ETF or early termination fee in California.

The team of plaintiffs’ lawyers who filed the wireless contract disputes involving Sprint's ETF or early termination fee in California will contest the ruling that gave preliminary approval to allow Sprint to settle pending lawsuits. They believe that the $17.5 million settlement that the wireless contract disputes involving Sprint's ETF or early termination fee is not enough.

To deal with the numerous wireless contract disputes involving Sprint's ETF or early termination fee, the company has decided to instituted a new policy to pro-rate its ETF. Sprint is now among the carriers that implement a pro-rated ETF policy. Perhaps this new policy will cut down on the wireless contract disputes involving Sprint's ETF or early termination fee.

That ends this post on Sprint getting approval to settle with wireless contract disputes involving Sprint's ETF or early termination fee. Tune in to this blog for more wireless contract updates.

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