”The lady doth protest too much, methinks,” was the reaction of...
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks,” was the reaction of Solvable Frustrations (SFI) to the overwhelming opposition to its request that the FCC modify its rules to create a class action complaint procedure (CD Oct 11 p5). Despite the…
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“strident opposition” of USTelecom, AT&T, Verizon and others, the proposed rule “addresses a concrete problem,” SFI said (http://xrl.us/bnv2ta). Opponents’ concerns about the impact on commission resources are “invalid,” and the agency has the authority to adopt class complaint procedures, SFI said. “To best serve the ends of justice, certain telecommunications-specific class actions may prove best suited to an expert resolution through class complaint procedures utilized by the Commission,” SFI said. The company, which runs a website addressing consumer complaints, asked the FCC to “expeditiously” grant the petition and start a rulemaking proceeding.