Arbitration, Dismissal Granted In Class Suit Alleging Defective Samsung Phones

Mealey's (April 4, 2018, 12:09 PM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A California federal judge on March 30 issued two orders in a class suit accusing Samsung Electronics America Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (collectively, Samsung) of selling four defective cell phones, granting a motion to compel arbitration as to the plaintiffs found to have entered into such an agreement with Samsung and dismissing the claims of the remaining plaintiffs with leave to amend (In re Samsung Galaxy Smartphone Marketing and Sales Practice Litigation, No. 16-6391, N.D. Calif.)....