Tag: Adam Schanz
ADT settles with three security companies for $5.5m in deceptive sales lawsuits
August 2, 2017SSN Staff
BOCA RATON, Fla.—ADT on July 28 announced settlements with Alder, its owner, Adam Schanz, and two MONI dealers—Alliance Security and Capital Connect—as part of lawsuits against those three companies and Schanz alleging the use of deceptive sales practices to mislead ADT customers.The agreements call for ADT to receive $3 million from Alder, $1.5 million from Alliance Security and $1 million from Capital Connect, for a total of $5.5 million and court orders prohibiting each company...
ADT loses appeal in case against Alder, formerly APT
May 4, 2016Paul Ragusa
SALT LAKE CITY—Alder, formerly Alarm Protection Technology or APT, recently prevailed in a legal battle with ADT, which had alleged that Alarm Protection Technology engaged in trademark infringement and fraudulent and deceptive sales tactics.One month after oral argument, the United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in late March affirmed the final judgment for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, which found that APT “did not in any way infringe...