AT&T Missouri has settled a case alleging violations of a federal Internet access program for needy schools for $1.4 million. The telecommunications company, previously known as Southwestern Bell Telephone, agreed to pay the United States in response to accusations that ...

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The University City Council gave a preliminary OK on Monday night to $16.25 million in attorneys’ fees included as part of a $65 million class-action settlement with AT&T. In a closed meeting, the council voted 6-1 to move forward with ...

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Apple Inc. told regulators that it didn’t reject Google Inc.’s voice application for the iPhone, saying it’s still examining the program. “The application has not been approved because, as submitted for review, it appears to alter the iPhone’s distinctive user ...

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AT&T Inc. was sued by a U.S. agency for allegedly discriminating against older workers through its policy of refusing to re-hire employees who retire from the company. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which enforces anti-bias laws, filed the lawsuit Thursday ...

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The city of Arnold will receive another windfall of $473,499 with the settlement of the AT&T landlines lawsuit. Arnold is a putative class member in the lawsuit to recover unpaid business license taxes from AT&T Missouri a.k.a. Southwestern Bell Telephone ...

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A potential class action lawsuit in St. Louis County alleges that Apple and AT&T Mobility misled consumers about the iPhone's capability to send picture and video text messages. Attorneys Tim Engelmeyer and Joel Schwartz filed the lawsuit. “See, if I try to text this picture to you, it doesn't work,” Schwartz says as he demonstrates in his office in Clayton on Monday. AT&T is the only cellular carrier for the iPhone. Apple and AT&T sell the iPhone in both of their stores.

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Preliminary approval for a class action settlement is expected to bring municipalities $65 million. The lawsuit was filed by the cities of University City, Winchester and Wellston on behalf of other municipalities in the state alleging that AT&T had underpaid ...

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The Obama administration won dismissal of lawsuits accusing AT&T and other telecommunications companies of assisting a domestic spying program after a judge ruled Congress has shielded the firms from such claims. U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco said ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court limited the scope of a federal pregnancy-discrimination law, saying an AT&T Inc. unit doesn’t have to increase the retirement benefits of women who took maternity leave in the 1970s. The justices, voting 7-2, rejected arguments by ...

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Less than a year after he was hired, Jim Maurer has been ousted as the executive director of United Services, a St. Charles County not-for-profit that provides preschool daycare and other services to disabled and nondisabled children. Beginning this Tuesday ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court made it tougher to sue companies for antitrust violations, ruling in favor of an AT&T subsidiary accused of illegally thwarting competing sellers of high-speed Internet access. The justices on Wednesday unanimously rejected a claim that AT&T’s ...

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