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Litigation

Dec. 5, 2011

Rulings stymie iPhone user suits

A San Francisco federal judge issued two rulings last week that stymied a pair of consumer lawsuits against Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility LLC and further stacked the cards against unhappy iPhone consumers.


By Jill Redhage


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A federal judge in the Northern District issued two rulings that stymied a pair of large consumer lawsuits against Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility LLC and further stacked the cards against iPhone consumers upset by the companies' business practices.


In one decision, Judge James Ware of San Francisco decided both companies should benefit from a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling favoring arbitratio...

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