Judge Dismisses UCL Suit Claiming Apple Updates Harmed IPhone Battery Life

Mealey's (June 17, 2022, 1:31 PM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A California federal judge on June 14 granted Apple Inc.’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit contending it violated California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other statutes by allegedly releasing software updates that intentionally harmed iPhone performance, finding that the plaintiffs failed to sufficiently plead their claims and relied in large part on “anonymous online postings.”...