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The title is sensationalist and inaccurate. What AT&T is doing is trying to get out of their judgement, through negotiation, with the side-benefit that if he e
by atourgates 15y ago
The title is sensationalist and inaccurate. What AT&T is doing is trying to get out of their judgement, through negotiation, with the side-benefit that if he enters into said negotiation, it would happen under a NDA.
They're threatening to terminate his service because he tethered, and violated the TOS.
I think the clamant would be crazy to take them up on it, but that's another point entirely.
- wilfra 15y agoYou think they are paying a fancy Newport Beach attorney in an attempt to get out of an $850 judgement? Seriously?
- Karunamon 15y agoThe fancy Newport Beach attorney gets paid the same regardless if he's chasing down this one guy or doing something else.
- wilfra 15y agouh, no, lawyers bill their clients by the hour, they are not salaried.
- mc32 15y agoWell, it could be an in-house attorney.
- tomflack 15y agoOpportunity cost of his time.
- Karunamon 15y agoCorporate lawyers are generally on retainer
- wilfra 15y agoA retainer is just a pre-payment for hourly pay. They draw against it. Any unused portion is returned to the client or saved for future hourly work.
- Karunamon 15y agoWhat I meant was that this lawyer would be doing other work, for the same pay. If you want to go down the opportunity cost route, you could make the argument that this is some misguided (and frankly, hilarious) attempt to prevent news of being able to sue for this kind of thing out of the public eye. Hence the NDA.
- maratd 15y ago> I think the clamant would be crazy to take them up on it Why? They may very well be offering him more money, just to get his signature on the NDA. I don't think AT&T is worried about <1K ... they'd much rather he shut up.
- fleitz 15y agoWould this mean that if anyone wants to get out of their AT&T contract instead of paying ridiculous fees, they simply need to tether their phone?
- wmf 15y agoThe TOS is not that clear to me, but there may be a possibility that you would have to pay the ETF even if AT&T terminates your contract. http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/legal/index.jsp?q_termsKey=wirelessCustomerAgreement&q_termsName=Wireless+Customer+Agreement&print=true http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/legal/index.j...