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Securus Loses Bid to Dismiss HRDC Price-Fixing Suit
Loaded on Nov. 1, 2025
by Chuck Sharman
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2025, page 22
Filed under:
Class Certification,
RICO,
Statutes of Limitation and Laches,
HRDC Litigation,
Global Tel*Link Corp.
Location:
Maryland.
by Chuck Sharman
On June 11, 2025, Securus Technologies was denied a motion to dismiss claims filed against the prison telecom giant and its JPay subsidiary, alleging they colluded with competitor Global*Tel Link (GTL), now known as ViaPath Technologies, to fix prices on single-call services sold to families …
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- Enormous $14 Million Settlement Reached by Los Angeles County with Former Prisoner Exonerated After 20 Years, by Chuck Sharman
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- For Delay in Summoning Medical Care for Detainees, Alabama Jailers Granted Immunity But California Trooper Headed to Trial, by Chuck Sharman
- Seventh Circuit Rules Against Prisoner’s Deliberate Indifference Claim Over Wexford Health’s Poor Psychiatric Care, by Michael Thompson
- Sixth Circuit Clarifies What Constitutes PLRA “Strike” and Reinstates Michigan Prisoner’s Lawsuit, by Matthew Clarke
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- $150,000 Paid by Jacksonville for Mother of Five’s Jail Suicide, by Chuck Sharman
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- Fourth Circuit Rules in Favor of Prisoner’s Eligibility for Time Credits, by Douglas Ankney
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