IN RE APPLE INC. DEVICE PERFORMANCE LITIGATION

Case No. 18-md-02827-EJD.

347 F.Supp.3d 434 (2018)

IN RE: APPLE INC. DEVICE PERFORMANCE LITIGATION.

United States District Court, N.D. California, San Jose Division.

Signed October 1, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1332
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity - Fraud
Nature of Suit: 370 Other Fraud
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keaton Harvey, Plaintiff, represented by Dina Elizabeth Micheletti , Fazio & Micheletti LLP & Jeffrey Louis Fazio , Fazio & Micheletti LLP.

Nicole Gallmann, Plaintiff, represented by Laurence D. King , Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, Mario Man-Lung Choi , Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, Matthew B. George , Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, Aaron L. Schwartz , Kaplan Fox and Kilsheimer LLP, pro hac vice, Amy E. Keller , DiCello Levitt & Casey LLC, David A. Straite , Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, Donald R. Hall , Kaplan Fox and Kilsheimer, Frederic S. Fox , Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer, Joseph W. Cotchett , Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP, Mark Dearman , Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd LLP & Mark Cotton Molumphy , Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP.

Aniledis Batista & Paul Sohayegh, Plaintiffs, represented by Nathan Michael Smith , Brown Neri Smith and Khan & Todd S. Garber , Finkelstein, Blankinship, Frei-Pearson & Garber, LLP.

Thomas T. Cook, Plaintiff, represented by Frank James Johnson , Johnson Fistel, LLP & Phong L. Tran , Johnson Fistel, LLP.

Robert Gilson, Plaintiff, represented by Laurence D. King , Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, Mario Man-Lung Choi , Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, Brian Danitz , Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, David A. Straite , Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, Gina Stassi , Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, Joseph W. Cotchett , Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP, Mark Dearman , Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd LLP, Mark Cotton Molumphy , Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP & Stephanie Biehl , Cotchett Pitre and McCarthy, LLP.

Melody Munro, Plaintiff, represented by Avraham Noam Wagner , The Wagner Firm.

Sean Neilan, Plaintiff, represented by Aron David Robinson , Law Office of Aron D. Robinson, Erich Paul Schork , Barnow and Associates, P.C., Jeffrey Daniel Blake , Barnow And Associates, P.C. & Ben Barnow , Barnow and Associates, P.C., pro hac vice.

Sam Mangano, Ala Abdulla & Kirk Pedelty, Plaintiffs, represented by Ahmad Tayseer Sulaiman , Sulaiman Law Group, Ltd., Mohammed Omar Badwan , Sulaiman Law Group, Ltd., Nathan Charles Volheim , Sulaiman Law Group, Ltd., Omar Tayseer Sulaiman , Sulaiman Law Group, Ltd. & James Constantine Vlahakis , Sulaiman Law Group, Ltd., pro hac vice.

Peter A. Schroeder, Plaintiff, represented by Irwin B. Levin , Cohen Malad LLP, Lynn A. Toops , Cohen and Malad LLP, Richard E. Shevitz , Cohen and Malad & Vess Allen Miller , Cohen and Malad, LLP.

Neill McInnis, J. Scott Archer, Mark Miller, Chris Spearman, Craig Stanford & Corporacion Nacional de Consumidores Y Usuarios de Chile, Plaintiffs, represented by Kenneth Craig Johnston , Johnston Pratt PLLC & Robert Wesley Gifford , Johnston Pratt PLLC.

Kim Burton & William Ellis, Plaintiffs, represented by Todd Christopher Werts , Lear & Werts, LLP, Bradford B. Lear , Lear & Werts, LLP, pro hac vice & Todd Christopher Werts , Lear & Werts, LLP, pro hac vice.

Eliezer Rabinovits & Victor Mazzeo, Plaintiffs, represented by Stanley David Bernstein , Bernstein Liebhard LLP, Stephanie Mara Beige , Bernstein Liebhard LLP & Uri Seth Ottensoser , Bernstein Liebhard LLP.

Blake Brand & Matt Hosking, Plaintiffs, represented by Aaron Cole Mayer , Mayer Law LLC.

Dakota Speas, Plaintiff, represented by B. Bobby Saadian , Wilshire Law Firm, Colin M. Jones , Wilshire Law Firm & Alexandra T. Steele , Girardi Keese.

Violetta Mailyan, Plaintiff, represented by Armen Kiramijyan , United Sta & Hovsep Hovsepyan , Kaass Law.

Yael Aburos, Plaintiff, represented by Richard Brian Rosenthal , Law Offices of Richard B. Rosenthal, PA & Stephen F. Rosenthal , Podhurst Orseck, P.A.

Raisa Drantivy, Plaintiff, represented by Gregg A. Pinto , Law Offices of Gregg A. Pinto.

Benjamin Lazarus, Jeffrey Aberman, Stephen Margolis, Sandy Brodsky & Victoria Childs, Plaintiffs, represented by Melissa R. Emert , Stull Stull and Brody.

Judy Mills, Judith Dean, Carla Compagnone & Kenneth L. Buck, Plaintiffs, represented by Christopher A. Seeger , Seeger Weiss LLP, pro hac vice & James E. Cecchi , Carella Byrne Cecchi Olstein Brody & Agnello, P.C.

Abdul Mohammed, Plaintiff, pro se.

Lauri Sullivan-Stefanou, Jarrod Byer & Carly Byer, Plaintiffs, represented by Adam S. Brown , Brown Law Firm LLC, Phyllis Elaine Brown , Brown Law Firm LLC, Richard Stuart Wayne , Strauss Troy, Joseph James Braun , Strauss Troy, pro hac vice & Richard S. Wayne , Strauss & Troy, pro hac vice.

Megan McDonald, Plaintiff, represented by Cathleen M. Combs , Edelman Combs Latturner & Goodwin, LLC, Daniel A. Edelman , Edelman Combs Latturner & Goodwin, LLC, Emiliya Gumin Farbstein , Edelman, Combs, Latturner & Goodwin, LLC & James O. Latturner , Edelman, Combs, Latturner and Goodwin, LLC.

Daniel Borstelmann, Plaintiff, represented by Anthony Gerard Simon , The Simon Law Firm, P.C. & Richard I. Woolf , Boyle Brasher LLC.

Alex Sens, Plaintiff, represented by Joshua Harris Eggnatz , Eggnatz Pascucci, P.A., Michael James Pascucci , Eggnatz, Lopatin & Pascucci, LLP & Steven Saul , Eggnatz Pascucci.

Marc Honigman, Plaintiff, represented by Avital Orly Malina , Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd, Mark Dearman , Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd LLP, Mark S. Reich , Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP & Samuel H. Rudman , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP.

Yisroel Brody, Plaintiff, represented by Gary S. Graifman , Kantrowitz Goldhamer & Graifman, P.C. & Jay I. Brody , Kantrowitz, Goldhamer and Graifman, P.C.

Victor Mallh, Plaintiff, represented by Gregory Joseph Allen , Home Office & John W. Hermina , Hermina Law Group.

Gary P Simon, Plaintiff, represented by Irwin B. Levin , Cohen Malad LLP, Lynn A. Toops , Cohen and Malad LLP, Richard Brian Rosenthal , Law Offices of Richard B. Rosenthal, PA, Richard E. Shevitz , Cohen and Malad & Vess Allen Miller , Cohen and Malad, LLP.

Brian Taylor, Plaintiff, represented by Archie I. Grubb, II , Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis and Miles, P.C., pro hac vice, Wilson F. Green , Fleenor & Green LLP & Wilson Daniel Miles, III , Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.

Brady Lankford, Trent Clinton Go & Jodie L. Kasun, Plaintiffs, represented by Dennis A. Mastando , Mastando & Artrip LLC & Eric James Artrip , Mastando Artrip LLC.

Nikita Santino, Plaintiff, represented by Benjamin Heikali , Faruqi and Faruqi LLP, Benjamin J. Meiselas , Geragos and Geragos, APC, Bonner Charles Walsh , Walsh PLLC, Joshua Nassir , Faruqi and Faruqi LLP & Mark J. Geragos , Geragos & Geragos, APC.

Aaron Rabbanian, Plaintiff, represented by Benjamin J. Meiselas , Geragos and Geragos, APC, Bonner Charles Walsh , Walsh PLLC & Mark J. Geragos , Geragos & Geragos, APC.

Cynthia Chapel, Plaintiff, represented by Jason Barnes , Barnes & Associates.

Margaret Wetherald, Plaintiff, represented by Eric Jason Fierro , Keller Rohrback, P.L.C., pro hac vice & Karin Bornstein Swope , Keller Rohrback LLP.

John P Webb, Plaintiff, represented by Cadio R. Zirpoli , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., R. Alexander Saveri , Saveri and Saveri Inc, Randall Robinson Renick , Hadsell, Stormer, Richardson & Renick, LLP, Sarah Jane Van Culin , Saveri & Saveri, Inc & Geoffrey Conrad Rushing , Saveri & Saveri Inc.

Allyson Werner, Plaintiff, represented by Ariana J. Tadler , Milberg Tadler Phillips Grossman LLP, pro hac vice & Melissa Ryan Clark , Milberg LLP, pro hac vice.

Mark Davis, Brent Jones & Karen Palmer, Plaintiffs, represented by Ling Yue Kuang , Audet & Partners, LLP, William M. Audet , Audet & Partners, LLP & S. Clinton Woods , Audet & Partners, LLP.

John Solak, Plaintiff, represented by Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, pro hac vice & Robert F. Lopez , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Alain Liebermann & Romeo James Alba, Plaintiffs, represented by Rosemary M. Rivas , Levi & Korsinsky LLP.

Samara Diner, Plaintiff, represented by Alyssa M. Williams , Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt and Penfield LLP & Gayle Meryl Blatt , Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield LLP.

Fiona M. Cunningham, Plaintiff, represented by Mark Dearman , Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd LLP.

Amanda Holman, Plaintiff, represented by Thomas Joseph O'Reardon, II , Blood Hurst O'Reardon LLP, Timothy G. Blood , Blood Hurst & O'Reardon, LLP & Todd David Carpenter , Carlson Lynch Sweet Kilpela & Carpenter LLP.

Scott Grillo, Plaintiff, represented by Caleb Marker , Zimmerman Reed LLP, pro hac vice & Christopher Paul Ridout , Zimmerman Reed LLP.

Judy Milman, Plaintiff, represented by David E. Azar , Milberg LLP & Ariana J. Tadler , Milberg Tadler Phillips Grossman LLP, pro hac vice.

Chad White, Plaintiff, represented by Daniel Joseph Mulligan , Jenkins, Mulligan & Gabriel, LLP, Derek G. Howard , Derek G. Howard Law Firm, Inc. & Larry Wayne Gabriel , Jenkins Mulligan & Gabriel.

Christina Neumann, Plaintiff, represented by Andrew Daniel Weaver , Scott Cole and Assoc. APC, Mark G. Griffin , Scott Cole & Associates, APC & Scott Edward Cole , Scott Cole & Associates, APC.

Suzanne Block, Plaintiff, represented by Marc A. Wites , Wites Law Firm & Shawn A. Williams , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP.

Guilherme Rafael Canoa de Oliveira, Dae Won Kim, Estrella Gonzalez Navarro, Marianne Wagner & Lilav Akrawy, Plaintiffs, represented by Eli Greenstein , Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Jay W. Eisenhofer , Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Joseph H. Meltzer , Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP & Kyle J. McGee , Grant and Eisenhofer P.A., pro hac vice.

Nicholas Ford, Plaintiff, represented by Andrew Kierstead , Hobson Bernardino & Davis LLP, Jason A. Hobson , Hobson Bernardino Davis LLP, Peter Wasylyk , Hobson Bernardino & Davis, LLP & Rafael Bernardino, Jr. , Hobson, Bernardino Davis, LLP.

Gary Merenstein, Plaintiff, represented by Aaron Michael Olsen , Haeggquist & Eck, LLP, Alreen Haeggquist , Haeggquist & Eck, LLP, Amber L. Eck , Haeggquist & Eck, LLP, Kathleen Ann Herkenhoff , Haeggquist & Eck, LLP & Robert M. Foote , Foote, Meyers, Mielke & Flowers, LLC.

Sara Hawes, Plaintiff, represented by Bradley Keith King , Ahdoot and Wolfson, P.C., Robert Ahdoot , Ahdoot & Wolfson, P.C., Theodore Walter Maya , Ahdoot & Wolfson, P.C. & Tina Wolfson , Ahdoot & Wolfson, P.C.

Ricky Fung, Plaintiff, represented by Lisa P. Mak , Minami Tamaki LLP & Sean Tamura-Sato , Minami Tamaki LLP.

Brian Hogue, Plaintiff, pro se.

Donald Littlefied, Joel Santucci, David Johnson & James Sokol, Plaintiffs, represented by Jennifer Pafiti , Pomerantz LLP.

John Ferguson, Kelli Beaugez & Gregory Stenstrom, Plaintiffs, represented by Andrew N. Friedman , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, David K. Stein , Gibbs Law Group LLP, Douglas James McNamara , Cohen Milstein Sellers Toll PLLC, Eric H. Gibbs , Gibbs Law Group LLP, Joshua Jacob Bloomfield , Gibbs Law Group LLP & Sally Mae Handmaker , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC.

Patricia Johnson, Kent Harrison & Christina Labajo, Plaintiffs, represented by Gordon M. Fauth, Jr. , Litigation Law Group & Rosanne L. Mah , Finkelstein Thompson.

Gye Soon Yun, Plaintiff, represented by Eli Greenstein , Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Jay W. Eisenhofer , Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Joseph H. Meltzer , Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Kyle J. McGee , Grant and Eisenhofer P.A., pro hac vice, Laurence D. King , Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, Joseph W. Cotchett , Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP & Mark Cotton Molumphy , Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP.

Jennifer Bond, David Haury, Alberto R. Marzana, John Rufty, III, Ryan Young & Elisa Gaudio, Plaintiffs, represented by Christopher Daniel Sullivan , Diamond McCarthy LLP, Kenneth Craig Johnston , Johnston Pratt PLLC & Robert Wesley Gifford , Johnston Pratt PLLC.

Kristin Bilic, Sean Griffin, Frank Henderson, James Martillaro, Jonathan Meyers, Tiffany Roberts, Elliot Rosen, Geoffrey Schlottman & Donna Vlassich, Plaintiffs, represented by Anthony Fata , Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP, Bryan L. Clobes , Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP, Christopher Phillip Taylor Tourek , Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP & Mark A. Chavez , Chavez & Gertler LLP.

Ryan Banks, Lauren Weintraub, Anna Luna, Allison Varnell, Amy Brown, Matthew Homonoff, Jessica Greenshner, Robert Montgomery, Matthew Shaske, Annamarie Vinacco & Dale Johnson, Plaintiffs, represented by Patrice L. Bishop , Stull, Stull & Brody & Melissa R. Emert , Stull Stull and Brody.

Laura Ciccone & Thomas Ciccone, Plaintiffs, represented by Gary S. Graifman , Kantrowitz Goldhamer & Graifman, P.C. & Patrice L. Bishop , Stull, Stull & Brody.

Khendle Williams, Cynthia Stacy, Gene Schlaefer, Trent Young, Ashley Antonucci, Kristin Edgerly, Melissa Koncinsky, Sandra Merola, Derrick Marzette, Ruth Beauchan, Danielle Sanguedolce, Dennis Johnson, Kelly Schulze, Charles Saadiq, Suzanne Carter, Kelly Jankowski, Tiffany Williams, Noelle Boehme, Jenifer Kachik, Crystal Saldana, Ryan Ward, Patty Burriss, Charlene Lowery, Margie Cleveland, Lillie Diaz, Craig Moore, Heather Schwartz, Andrew Yashchuk & Joshua Mosby, Plaintiffs, represented by Charles E. Schaffer , Levin Sedran & Berman, Daniel C. Levin , Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman & David Michael Birka-White , Birka-White Law Offices.

A. Kevin Fahey, 5:18-cv-02685, Plaintiff, represented by Thomas C. Willcox , THOMAS C. WILLCOX, ATTORNEY AT LAW.

Anthony Oliver, Plaintiff, pro se.

Angela Boykin, Plaintiff, represented by Laurence D. King , Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, David A. Straite , Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP & Mario Man-Lung Choi , Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP.

Carter Donahoe, 18-4691, Plaintiff, represented by James S. Wertheim .

Alex Rodriguez, 18-3989, Plaintiff, represented by Joseph W. Cotchett , Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP, Mark Cotton Molumphy , Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP & Noah Benjamin Novogrodsky , Univ Toronto/Faculty Of Law.

Brandi White, Rifah Alexander, Timothy Baldwin, Michelle Martino & Denise Bakke, Plaintiffs, represented by Laurence D. King , Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP & Mark Cotton Molumphy , Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP.

Sherri Yelton, Plaintiff, represented by Joseph W. Cotchett , Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP & Mark Cotton Molumphy , Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP.

Kevin Fahey, Plaintiff, represented by Thomas C. Willcox , THOMAS C. WILLCOX, ATTORNEY AT LAW, pro hac vice.

Apple Inc., Defendant, represented by Christopher Chorba , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, George Charles Nierlich, III , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Rachel S. Brass , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Theane Evangelis , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Attorney at Law & Timothy William Loose , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.


ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION TO DISMISS

Re: Dkt. No. 176

This putative worldwide class action is brought by one hundred and twenty-two Plaintiffs who hale from the fifty states and several U.S. territories as well as multiple foreign countries.

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