http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/99655 In one of the most significant legal rulings in the tech industry this year, a Superior Court judge in California has ruled that the practice of charging consumers a fee for ending their cell phone contract early is illegal and violates state law.
The preliminary, tentative judgment orders Sprint Nextel to pay customers $18.2 million in reimbursements and, more importantly, orders Sprint to stop trying to collect another $54.7 million from California customers (some 2 million customers total) who have canceled their contracts but refused or failed to pay the termination fee.
Hmm, since when is being legally bound to a contract you sign illegal?
I guess this means you can walk out of your apartment 11 months before the lease is up and it's totally okay. I mean, how dare those landlords rip you off by making you keep your word in writing.
The california government just fucked everybody into paying full price for their phones now.
