Tag: class action lawsuit
ADT targeted over early termination fees, unilateral price increases
March 20, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
WALNUT CREEK, Calif.—It's standard practice for security companies to charge customers early termination fees, but now a federal class-action lawsuit is targeting ADT for the penalties it imposes for early termination and also its unilateral price increases on monitoring contracts. The practices violate federal and state consumer protection laws, the lawsuit contends.“Just because something is a long-standing practice doesn't mean that it's legal,” L. Timothy Fisher, one of the...