AT&T Data Breach Class Members Seek Arbitration Rights on Appeal

Thousands of AT&T Inc. customers are asking a federal appeals court to lift an injunction barring them from arbitrating their data-breach claims against the company rather than participating in a class action against the telecommunications giant.

Judge Ada Brown of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas gave preliminary approval in June to a $177 million settlement of a lawsuit arising from separate data breaches that hit AT&T in 2019 and 2024, enjoining members of the settlement classes from attempting to arbitrate their claims before final approval of the deal.

That injunction was improper in light of ...