Unopposed Motions Would Move 2 More Apple Privacy Cases to San Jose

Defendant Apple filed motions Friday in two separate privacy class actions to transfer the cases to U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose, where the “substantially similar,” first-filed case, Libman v. Apple (docket 5:22-cv-07069) has been pending since November. The plaintiffs in both cases, Robinson v. Apple (docket 1:23-cv-00877) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York, and Kelly v. Apple (docket 5:23-cv-00314) in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania support the transfers, said the motion. All the class actions allege Apple illegally records and collects data on consumers’ mobile app activity even when the tracking feature is disabled through a device’s privacy settings (see 2302130043). Since Libman was filed, “at least four similar cases have been transferred to the Northern District of California from other districts,” said Friday’s motions. “Additionally, at least five other similar cases have been filed in the Northern District of California.” Transferring the two additional cases would “promote the interests of justice and enhance the convenience to witnesses, access to relevant documents and sources of proof, availability of process, and trial efficiency,” said the motions.