9th Circuit: Undelivered Apple Text Messages Did Not Violate Wiretap Act

Mealey's (January 31, 2018, 12:41 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Affirming dismissal of a putative Wiretap Act class action against Apple Inc., a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Jan. 29 held that certain misclassified and undelivered text messages from Apple iMessage users were not intercepted in transit and, thus, did not violate the statute (Adam Backhaut, et al. v. Apple Inc., No. 15-17523, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 2207)....