Mealey's (January 13, 2022, 10:00 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A settlement over class claims that a software update resulted in the performance slowdown of certain of its devices was properly approved by a trial court, Apple Inc. argues in a Jan. 10 appellee brief to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, asserting that the agreement’s minimum value of $310 million provides meaningful relief despite Apple’s belief that the plaintiffs were unlikely to succeed on their computer intrusion claims....