AT&T Seeks Dismissal of Latest Version of Lead Cables Suit
Plaintiffs' attempt to bring yet another amended complaint related to AT&T's ownership of old cables with lead contamination is a "brazen attempt to skirt the Rules," the carrier told the U.S. District Court for Northern Texas last week (docket 3:24-cv-01196).…
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In an emergency motion to strike, AT&T said the amended class-action securities fraud complaint is an attempt to avoid responding to its pending motion to dismiss (see 2509170009). The amended complaint was filed earlier last week. Typically, plaintiffs get to amend their complaint once, and the third filing "flouts that rule," AT&T said. The company is being sued for allegedly having made “materially false and misleading statements” about its ownership of legacy telecom cables with toxic lead.