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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Apple planned obsoletion

SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit vacated a lower court’s approval of a $310 million class action settlement that resolved allegations that Apple secretly throttled the performance of certain iPhone models to hide battery defects. The wrong legal standards were applied, so the order for final settlement is vacated for reconsideration.

Read the ruling here.

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