Arbitration Based On AT&T Contract Denied In DirecTV Unwanted Calls Class Suit

Mealey's (August 28, 2018, 12:29 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal magistrate judge on Aug. 23 ruled that an arbitration provision in a customer agreement between AT&T Mobility and its customer that extended to affiliates and subsidiaries doesn’t extend to DirecTV LLC and cover allegedly unwanted automated calls by that company (Jeremy Revitch v. DirecTV, LLC, No. 18-1127, N.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 143812)....