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Law Practice

Sep. 16, 2008

Judge Keeps Alive iPhone Class Action

A federal judge said Friday he would not dismiss a class action against Apple Inc. over allegations the company violated federal law by disabling any iPhone that consumers modified against the company's wishes.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - A federal judge said Friday he would not dismiss a class action against Apple Inc. over allegations the company violated federal law by disabling any iPhone that consumers modified against the company's wishes.

U.S. District Judge James Ware of San Jose said he wanted to find out more about plaintiffs' allegations that Apple electronically destroyed any iPhone that purchasers altered to make ...

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