9th Circuit Grants Request to Hold Verizon Fees Case in Abeyance for 90 Days

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals granted the parties’ request in MacClelland v. Cellco Partnership to continue to hold the case in abeyance for an additional 90 days, said its order Thursday (docket 22-16020). In November, Verizon and the plaintiffs asked that the case be removed from the argument calendar and held in abeyance pending consummation of a settlement in principle with 27 consumers (see 2311120007). The case originated from a November 2021 class action challenging Verizon’s alleged practice of padding consumers’ monthly wireless bills with a secretive “administrative charge” that kept climbing above the flat monthly rates it was advertising.