Judge Orders Arbitration Of Data-Selling Lawsuits Against Mobile Carriers

Mealey's (November 21, 2019, 9:02 AM EST) -- BALTIMORE — The plaintiffs in four putative class actions against the four major U.S. mobile carriers failed to establish that arbitration provisions within their respective customer agreements are unconscionable, a Maryland federal judge ruled Oct. 24, granting the carriers’ motions to compel arbitration and stay the lawsuits over the companies’ purported selling of customers’ geolocation data (Paul Baron v. Sprint Corp., No. 1:19-cv-01255, D. Md.; Tyler Morrison v. AT&T Mobility LLC, No. 1:19-cv-01257, D. Md.; Michelle Morrison v. Verizon Communications Inc., et al., No. 1:19-cv-01298, D. Md.; Shawnay Ray, et al. v. T-Mobile US Inc., No. 1:19-cv-01299, D. Md.)....