November 12, 2019
Consumers have urged the Ninth Circuit not to allow the U.S. Justice Department to appear for oral arguments as Qualcomm appeals the certification of a class estimated to include 250 million U.S. phone buyers, saying the government has no interest in the case.
September 26, 2019
Qualcomm blasted a lower court's "certify first, ask questions later" strategy for managing a class action that could cover 250 million U.S. phone buyers, telling the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday that the decision to certify so many consumers "is indefensible and must be reversed."
August 26, 2019
Another cellular giant, Verizon Wireless, is asking the Ninth Circuit to keep business information confidential during a review of class certification in a lawsuit alleging that as many as 250 million cellphone buyers overpaid because of chipmaker Qualcomm's licensing practices
August 21, 2019
Sprint, Intel and three other companies have won permission from the Ninth Circuit to intervene in a class action brought by 250 million cellphone buyers accusing Qualcomm of costing them money by forcing mobile companies to overpay for licensing its tech.
August 20, 2019
Consumers blasted Qualcomm on Monday for trying to limit the Ninth Circuit's gaze in the chipmaker's class certification appeal, urging the court again to recognize the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust win over the tech giant and their efforts to notify a class of 250 million U.S. phone buyers.
August 13, 2019
The Federal Trade Commission's antitrust win over Qualcomm has no business in the chipmaker's Ninth Circuit appeal of class certification for 250 million U.S. phone buyers making similar claims about its licensing practices, the company has said.
August 12, 2019
Advocacy groups and academics have assailed Qualcomm for trying to duck certification of an antitrust class estimated at 250 million U.S. consumers, telling the Ninth Circuit in amicus briefs that the chipmaker was attempting to "manufacture a policy conflict among state antitrust laws" to evade application of California law to a national class.
August 05, 2019
Qualcomm's arguments against class certification would be better handled at the district court level on the merits than allowing the chipmaker to challenge an antitrust class estimated at 250 million U.S. consumers at the Ninth Circuit, cellphone buyers said Friday.
June 24, 2019
Samsung received the Ninth Circuit's permission Monday to intervene in Qualcomm's appeal of a ruling that certified a class estimated to include 250 million cellphone buyers who allegedly overpaid because of its licensing practices, as the phone maker looks to protect confidential information.
June 12, 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice has thrown its support behind Qualcomm as the chipmaker tries to avoid facing a class estimated to include 250 million cellphone buyers who allegedly overpaid because of its licensing practices, telling the Ninth Circuit that California law should not be applied nationwide.