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Civil Litigation,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Oct. 7, 2024

Part of investor's suit against AT&T Mobility for teen hacker theft revived

Pierce H. O'Donnell, of counsel with Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP who represents the plaintiff, said his client revived what he said was the main claim in the case -- that AT&T Mobility may have violated Section 222 of the Federal Communications Act.

Pierce O'Donnell

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel revived a claim in a cryptocurrency investor's lawsuit against AT&T Mobility claiming the company violated the Federal Communications Act by allowing a teenager access to the investor's SIM card information, which he used with an accomplice to steal $24 million.

9th Circuit Judge Roopali H. Desai, an appointee of President Joe Biden, last week affirmed the dismissal by U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II of all but one of plaint...

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