Thread: Low on Cash? AT&T might owe you $100 per day for the last five years
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Old 02-21-2008, 02:17 AM  
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:2cents Low on Cash? AT&T might owe you $100 per day for the last five years
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FISA provides financial remedies for people who have been illegally wiretapped. Code provision 50 U.S.C. § 1810 imposes civil liability on any person (or entity) for each violation of FISA. Victims of illegal surveillance are entitled to recover $100 for each day they were wiretapped, or actual damages over $1000, whichever is greater. Additionally, FISA provides compensation for attorney?s fees and other costs of litigation. This is good news for private citizens and their lawyers who contemplate facing off against well-funded corporations with truly staggering financial liability at stake.
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