What Is This Settlement About?
If you own an Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 Smartphone you may be entitled to participate in a class action
settlement. A lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of the State of California County of Almeda, called
Lai v. TCL Communication, Inc. et al., case No. HG19034532, in which the Plaintiffs alleged that the
Defendants greatly reduced the functionality of the Idol 3 Smartphones by removing LTE Band 12
functionality
in a software update. The two sides disagree on whether Defendants did anything wrong and have entered
into
a settlement that may benefit you. If you reside in the United States, excluding the States of North
Carolina or Kentucky, and purchased either an Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 4.7 or 5.5 inch smartphone during
the
time period of January 1, 2015 – December 27, 2016, you are a Class Member and may be eligible to make a
claim.
What Are Your Rights And Options?
You have a choice about whether to join the settlement by submitting a claim form,
doing nothing, requesting to be excluded or objecting to the settlement.
If you choose to be included, you will share in the settlement and be eligible for either a new phone or
restoration
of Band 12 capability on your smartphone.
By joining the settlement, you give up rights to separately bring a lawsuit on your own against any of the
Defendants
for the same claims in this lawsuit.
If you want to be included, you must complete and return the claim form available on the Notice/Claim Page
of this
website by no later than July 24, 2021.
By doing nothing, you will not receive any relief from the settlement. If the Court approves the
Settlement
and that
approval becomes final, you will be deemed to have released and waived any claims, which were, or could
have
been,
alleged in the lawsuit for removal of Band 12.
You may exclude yourself from the Settlement by submitting a “Request for Exclusion” to counsel for the
Parties,
as detailed in the Notice by September 7, 2020. If you exclude yourself, you will
not
participate in these proceedings,
nor will you receive any relief from this Settlement. You also will retain the right to assert any claims
you may have
against Defendants for their removal of Band 12.
If you do not submit a timely and complete Request for Exclusion, you can object to the terms of the
Settlement,
and/or the attorneys’ request for
fees and expenses, and/or the Settlement Class Representatives’ request for Incentive Awards as detailed
in
the Notice by no later
than September 7, 2020.
How Can You Get More Information?
More information can be found under the Notice section or the Court Documents section of this website, or
by
contacting Plaintiffs’ Class Counsel: Nicholas A. Migliaccio and Jason S. Rathod of Migliaccio & Rathod
LLP,
412 H Street NE, Suite 302, Washington, D.C. 20003; or by calling 1-866-742-4955.