37 state AGs accuse CenturyLink of 'weaponizing' class settlement to evade AG suit [telecom]

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By Alison Frankel

(Reuters) - In these hyper-partisan times, any newly-filed brief that includes signatures from the Attorneys General of 36 states and the District of Columbia is worthy of attention - especially when the AGs have joined forces to argue that a defendant is attempting to evade a state enforcement action by settling a private class action on the cheap.