Court Rejects $15.5M Comcast Set-Top Box Settlement

A $15.5 million settlement between Comcast Corp. and former and current subscribers forced to rent set top boxes in order to get premium cable won’t be approved, as the court can’t determine who is properly in the class (In re Comcast Corp. Set-Top Cable Television Box Antitrust Litig., E.D. Pa., 2:09-md-02034-AB, 11/5/15).

Without a reliable way of identifying former subscribers who fall within the proposed class, Judge Anita B. Brody of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held that the class isn’t ascertainable and can’t be certified for purposes of the settlement. Without ...