Cablevision, Verizon Agree To Drop Warring False Advertising Claims
Cablevision and Verizon jointly agreed to drop claims and counterclaims against one another about allegations of false advertising. In a stipulation of dismissal filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the two agreed their…
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claims were dismissed with prejudice. Neither company immediately commented. Cablevision sued Verizon in federal court in January over Verizon ads saying it offered "the fastest WiFi available," with Verizon making a counterclaim over Cablevision ads accusing it of being a "liar" making "false" claims. U.S. Magistrate Judge Gary Brown of Central Islip, New York, in August granted Verizon a temporary restraining order blocking any ads asserting it is lying in its ads (see 1508120027).