Sirius XM Radio & Stream International Call Recording Class Action Lawsuit Settlement

If you were in California, Florida, Maryland, Nevada, or New Hampshire and had telephone calls with Sirius Satellite Radio or XM Satellite Radio, you may be entitled to monetary recovery under a class action lawsuit settlement.

A class action settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Sirius XM Radio Inc. (“Sirius XM Radio” or “Sirius XM”) and Stream International, Inc. (“Stream International”) (collectively “Defendants”) in the United States District Court for the Central District of California (styled Kambiz Batmanghelich, et al. v. Sirius XM Radio Inc. and Stream International, Inc., Class Action Case No. CV-09-9190 VBF(JCx)) alleging, among other things, that telephone calls with Sirius XM Radio that were handled by Sirius XM’s customer care provider Stream International were monitored and/or recorded without providing notice to or consent of the parties to the telephone calls that the calls may be monitored or recorded, purportedly in violation of telephone privacy and/or recording laws, according to the Sirius XM Radio & Stream International call recording class action lawsuit settlement website and settlement notice.

Sirius XM Radio & Stream International Call Recording lawsuit settlement class members reportedly include the following persons, unless otherwise excluded:

All persons who were in California, Florida, Maryland, Nevada, or New Hampshire and:

(a) placed one or more telephone calls to Sirius Satellite Radio between July 13, 2006 and November 17, 2009, spoke with a representative on behalf of Sirius Satellite Radio, and were not provided with notice that the call may be recorded or monitored; and/or
(b) received one or more telephone calls from Sirius Satellite Radio between July 13, 2006 and February 1, 2010, spoke with a representative on behalf of Sirius Satellite Radio, and were not provided with notice that the call may be recorded or monitored; and/or
(c) placed one or more telephone calls to XM Satellite Radio between January 25, 2009 and November 17, 2009, to discuss music royalty fees or cancelling an XM Satellite Radio subscription, spoke with a representative on behalf of XM Satellite Radio, and were not provided with notice that the call may be recorded or monitored (the “Settlement Class”).

Under the proposed Sirius XM Radio & Stream International call recording lawsuit settlement agreement, Sirius XM Radio & Stream International have reportedly agreed to the creation of common settlement fund of $9,480,000 to pay attorneys’ fees and costs awarded by the Court to Class Counsel, the costs of class notice and claims administration, incentive award payment to the class representative and a Settlement Amount distribution to class members who submit valid claims.

The Sirius XM Radio & Stream International call recording class action settlement is reportedly subject to final Court approval and a hearing for that purpose has been scheduled for September 12, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. before the Honorable Valerie Baker Fairbank in Courtroom 9 of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, located at 312 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, California, 90012.

For more information on the Sirius XM Radio & Stream International Call Recording class action lawsuit settlement, including information on how to participate in, object to or opt out of the settlement and the deadlines by which to do so, visit the Sirius XM Radio & Stream International call recording class action lawsuit settlement website:

www.CallRecordingClassAction.com

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