DirecTV is facing another class action lawsuit for alleged monopo...
DirecTV is facing another class action lawsuit for alleged monopolistic practices that resulted in increase in price subscribers must pay for its products and services. Suit filed last Sept. in U.S. Dist. Court, L.A., alleged that DirecTV engaged in…
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activities intended to stifle competition in violation of various federal and state antitrust laws. Suit said all DirecTV subscribers from March 1996 to Sept. 2000 had been damaged by DirecTV conduct and were entitled to damages. Best Buy, Circuit City, RadioShack and Thomson Consumer Electronics also were named in suit. Sears Roebuck also sued DirecTV claiming, among other things, that latter had canceled its contract after Sears didn’t stop selling EchoStar products and services.