If you have ever been charged without your permission for mobile content, a combined lawsuit settlement, may owe you payments or free services. A Cook County, Illinois court granted preliminary approval to a global settlement agreement which combines 30 separate class action lawsuits that claims unauthorized charges for "mobile content" were placed on consumer cell phone bills.
The deadline for filing a claim is February 22, 2010. You are a member of the Settlement Class and your rights are affected
if you are a person in the United States and its territories who, at
any time prior to October 10, 2009, were billed and paid for Mobile
Content associated with the Defendants that was not authorized.
Each Settlement Class Member who submits a Claim Form shall have the
option to choose between either a Set Cash Award of $10.00 or a Cash
Refund for up to three (3) months of Mobile Content Subscriptions /
Recurring Charges.
The settlement, which was preliminarily approved by the Circuit Court of Cook County in Illinois on September 10, 2009, provides wireless customers across the country with either a cash award or a cash refund for unauthorized mobile content charges and requires that the defendants remain in compliance with the consumer best practices guidelines established by industry trade groups such as the Mobile Marketing Association, CTIA, and other leading industry groups.
All of the defendants--mBlox Inc., 2WayTraffic USA, Inc., DadaMobile,
Inc., Lavalife, Inc., Mobile Entertainment, Inc., Playphone, Inc.,
SendMe, Inc., SJA Mobile LLC, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., UPOC
Networks, Inc., and W3i Mobile, LLC--have denied any wrongful conduct
and the Court has not found the defendants culpable for any wrongdoing.
Mobile content refers to products such as ringtones and
games that generally are received via text messages on mobile phones
and are charged directly to customers' mobile phone bills.
Chicago attorneys Jay Edelson, Myles McGuire, Ryan D. Andrews and
Steven Lezell, all of KamberEdelson LLC, acted as lead counsel on
behalf of the plaintiffs and class.
Class
members are encouraged to go to www.MobileContentSettlement.com to
learn more details about the settlement and how to apply for refunds.
Class members may also call the claims administrator directly at
1-800-262-0455 or class counsel at 1-866-354-3015.