September 29, 2021
The Ninth Circuit vacated a lower court's certification of a class of up to 250 million cellphone buyers who allegedly paid overages stemming from Qualcomm's anti-competitive licensing practices, ruling Wednesday that a common issue of law does not predominate because other states' laws — not just California's — should apply.
September 29, 2020
Over 200 million phone buyers have pushed back against Qualcomm's assertions that its recent win against the Federal Trade Commission affected the buyers' class certification, telling the Ninth Circuit on Monday that the FTC's loss in court actually bolstered its class status.
September 25, 2020
The Federal Trade Commission is forging ahead with its enforcement action against Qualcomm, asking the full Ninth Circuit on Friday to review a panel's decision to ax the agency's lower court win in its case targeting the chipmaker's core licensing practices.
September 16, 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice has told the Ninth Circuit that a recent ruling reversing the Federal Trade Commission's win against Qualcomm Inc. could help the chipmaker's bid to upend a massive class of consumers suing over its licensing practices.
September 09, 2020
Qualcomm has told the Ninth Circuit that a recent decision reversing the Federal Trade Commission's win in a case accusing the chipmaker of monopolizing the market for cellular modem chips means a class action targeting the same issue should also be nixed.
August 11, 2020
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday reversed the Federal Trade Commission's win in its case accusing Qualcomm of violating antitrust law through its licensing practices for standard-essential patents covering cellular technology.
March 23, 2020
Qualcomm and a massive class of cellphone buyers have offered the Ninth Circuit competing views about whether the court should hold the chipmaker's class certification appeal until it resolves the company's appeal of a government enforcement action over its licensing practices.
March 04, 2020
The Ninth Circuit has paused Qualcomm's effort to unravel a certified class of cellphone buyers that sued over the chipmaker's allegedly anti-competitive business practices, questioning whether the consumer action should stay on ice until Qualcomm's appeal in the government's related challenge wraps up.
December 03, 2019
Phone buyers fighting to preserve a certified antitrust class action against Qualcomm faced heavy static Monday from a Ninth Circuit judge worried that 250 million class members strain the limits of due process, especially when their claims are based on statistical analysis.
November 20, 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice will be able to back Qualcomm in court against the certification of a class estimated to include 250 million U.S. phone buyers under a Ninth Circuit order granting the agency five minutes in upcoming oral arguments.