Lawyers Urge BC Supreme Court to Approve iPhone Class-Action Settlement

Published on January 29, 2024

A judge in British Columbia will decide next month whether to approve a multimillion-dollar settlement of a class-action lawsuit against Apple for allegedly slowing down older model iPhones with its software updates. Lawyers for the company and class members in a lawsuit originally filed in 2018 were in a Vancouver courtroom on Jan. 29, urging approval of the settlement, where consumers would receive between $17.50 and $150, depending on the number of claims that are successful. Michael Peerless, a lawyer for the class, told Justice Sharon Matthews that the amounts will be paid out to those who can prove ownership of affected phones that include several iPhone 6 and 7 models....

Continue reading on website
Other news

House GOP Readies to Subpoena Harvard, Press Other Universities in Anti-Semitism Investigation

January 29, 2024
House Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C) is raising pressure on top U.S. universities to cooperate with her committee’s investigation of campus anti-Semitism.For weeks, Ms. Foxx has been scrutinizing how universities have handled allegations of anti-Semitic harassment on campuses. Earlier this month, she expanded that investigation by sending a letter to Harvard Uni

Speaker Johnson Rejects Pending Border Deal: Illegal Crossings ‘Must Be ZERO’

January 29, 2024
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has made clear to the White House the House Republicans’ red line on any agreement dealing with the border: No illegal crossings.“Any border ‘shutdown’ authority that ALLOWS even one illegal crossing is a non-starter. Thousands each day is outrageous. The number must be ZERO,” Mr. Johnson wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Jan. 29.The deal, whose text is set to be releas