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DirecTV

DirecTV settled a $9.4 million class action alleging it set up minority-owned small businesses with residential accounts and fined them for business use.

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About this settlement

Class members are businesses audited and contacted by DirecTV or its agents about alleged unauthorized use of DirecTV services in commercial establishments.

This settlement resolves claims that DirecTV intentionally assigned residential accounts to minority-owned small businesses and later fined them for unauthorized business use of DirecTV programming, including NFL Sunday Ticket.

Who qualifies

  • Businesses and business owners in the US with DirecTV services installed in commercial locations.
  • Those audited by Signal Auditing Inc. and contacted by Lonstein Law Offices between Aug. 4, 2012 and Aug. 23, 2022.
  • Recipients of communications seeking money for alleged unauthorized use of DirecTV programming.

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