Judge Denies Stay in AirTags Case as Unfair to Potential Class Members
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria for Northern California in San Francisco denied the parties’ March 6 joint stipulation to stay the AirTags privacy class action against Apple to seek an alternative means to resolve the dispute (see 2303080065), said his…
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signed order Wednesday (docket 3:22-cv-07668). Plaintiffs Lauren Hughes and “Jane Doe” haven’t adequately explained “why it would be consistent with their duty to represent the proposed class members to delay the case for so long right at the outset,” said the judge’s rationale for his denial. The matter can be discussed further at the April 7 case management conference, said the order. “Apple need not respond to the amended complaint until some time after the conference,” it said. The AirTag location transmitter is “the weapon of choice of stalkers and abusers,” alleges the class action brought against Apple by Hughes of Travis County, Texas, and Doe of Brooklyn, who both claim to be victims of AirTag stalking.