AT&T, T-Mobile Settle False-Ad Case a Week After Agreeing on Mediator

AT&T and T-Mobile agreed to settle all claims in AT&T’s false-advertising complaint against its competitor, said their joint notice Friday (docket 4:22-cv-00760) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas in Sherman. “The parties are currently finalizing the settlement agreement and dismissal papers,” said the notice. They ask the court to stay all deadlines for 30 days “so that appropriate dismissal papers may be submitted,” it said. Notice of the settlement came just over a week after AT&T and T-Mobile told the court they agreed on Dallas-based Chris Nolland as a mediator (see 2304210037). AT&T alleged T-Mobile’s ad and marketing statements are false under the Lanham Act when they claim AT&T bans senior discounts and 92% of seniors in the U.S. can’t get a wireless discount from Verizon or AT&T because they don’t live in Florida.