Law360 Mentions Kelley Drye Attorneys as Winning Counsel to Sprint in Proposed Class Action

The Law360 article, ​“Sprint Beats Sanctions In Suit Over Tax Charges,” mentions Kelley Drye partners Joseph A. Boyle, Damon W. Suden and Lauri A. Mazzuchetti for successfully defending Sprint Spectrum as a Judge refused to order sanctions against them in a proposed class action for claims of passing a state excise tax masked as a mandatory tax charge to customers. In the opinion, U.S. District Magistrate Judge Kevin N. Fox rejected plaintiff’s motion, saying that plaintiff has not shown how preclusion of the data is ​“properly applicable” in the case, noting that he ​“was on notice that Sprint intended to produce write-off data in support of its claims and defenses.”

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