August 25, 2016
A California federal judge on Thursday stamped final approval on a $9 million settlement between cellphone owners and Samsung, HTC and other mobile manufacturers accused of using software that illegally collected user data, bringing to a close nearly four years of multidistrict litigation.
June 24, 2016
Cellphone owners urged a California federal judge Thursday to grant final approval to a $9 million settlement with Samsung, HTC and other mobile manufacturers that could benefit around 57,000 consumers in multidistrict litigation alleging software employed by the companies illegally collected user data.
January 25, 2016
Consumers accusing software maker Carrier IQ, along with Samsung and other cellphone manufacturers, of illegally collecting their data told a California federal judge on Friday that they've reached a $9 million deal covering 79 million people after settlement negotiations stalled last year.
August 24, 2015
Nearly two months after announcing a global settlement in principle in multidistrict litigation, consumer plaintiffs and the cellphone companies they say illegally collected their data are still struggling to finalize the terms of their settlement agreement, according to a letter in California federal court Friday.
January 22, 2015
A California federal judge on Wednesday dismissed claims in a multidistrict proposed class action that HTC Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. and other device makers violated the Wiretap Act by illegally collecting consumers' data from their phones, saying that the plaintiffs didn't sufficiently allege they intended to intercept communications.
August 25, 2014
Plaintiffs suing Carrier IQ Inc., HTC Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. and others in California federal court have pushed back on efforts to toss the multidistrict class action litigation in which the telecom companies are accused of illegally collecting consumers' data from their phones, arguing their claims meet Wiretap Act standards.
July 24, 2014
Carrier IQ Inc., HTC Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. on Wednesday asked a California federal judge to toss multidistrict litigation accusing them and other telecom companies of illegally collecting consumers' data off their phones, arguing Wiretap Act claims simply don't hold up under scrutiny.