AT&T News

Univ. of Minnesota Sues U.S. Wireless Carriers Over Patents

The University of Minnesota sued the four largest wireless carriers in the United States over alleged patent infringement. Complaints filed in U.S. District Court in Minnesota contend that AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon are illegally using technology developed by a …

AT&T Licensed for Captive Insurance Operations in Texas

The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has licensed Gateway Rivers Insurance Co., the captive insurance subsidiary of AT&T Inc. Gateway Rivers is based in Dallas. “We’re very pleased to have this business in Texas,” said Commissioner of Insurance Julia Rathgeber. …

Phone Giant AT&T Sued by California Yellow Pages Firm

A California Yellow Pages company has filed a lawsuit against AT&T in a dispute over phone book advertising. The lawsuit filed by Fresno-based Valley Yellow Pages says a rival phone book run by AT&T is offering illegal, secret discounts to …

State Sues Indiana Bell for Suspending Injured Workers

The state has filed a lawsuit against AT&T’s Indiana operating unit, alleging it has a policy of suspending workers who report work-related injuries. The Indianapolis Business Journal reported the state Department of Labor filed the lawsuit against Indiana Bell Telephone …

AT&T to Pay Missouri Muslim Woman $5M in Harassment Case

A former Kansas City woman who converted to Islam in 2005 said she was harassed for years at AT&T, and that the abuse boiled over in 2008 when her boss snatched her head scarf and exposed her hair. A Jackson …

Judge Awards Iphone User $850 In Throttling Case

When AT&T started slowing down the data service for his iPhone, Matt Spaccarelli, an unemployed truck driver and student, took the country’s largest telecommunications company to small claims court. And won. His award: $850. Pro-tem Judge Russell Nadel found in …

Big Business Wins Key Cases in Supreme Court Term

Giant retailer Wal-Mart Inc., telecommunications company AT&T Inc. and coal power companies came out the big winners in the Supreme Court’s just-ended term that rejected large lawsuits against them. The high court threw out the largest sex-discrimination lawsuit in U.S. …