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Technology,
Class Action

Nov. 4, 2022

Apple and MacBook consumers seek OK for $50M settlement

This amounts to 10% to 30% of a possible $178 million to $569 million in recovery estimated by plaintiffs’ experts for the litigation over defective keyboards.

Apple Inc. and consumers who bought MacBooks with defective keyboards asked a judge Thursday for preliminary approval of a $50 million settlement. This amounts to 10% to 30% of a possible $178 million to $569 million in recovery estimated by plaintiffs’ experts.

After more than two years of negotiations in the four-year case, all persons and entities who bought a 2015-2017 model MacBook, 2016-2019 model MacBook Pro or 2018-2019 model MacB...

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