Samsung’s Motion to Compel Z Fold 3 Dispute to Arbitration Is Due May 1

U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon for Southern New York signed an order Tuesday (docket 1:22-cv-10882) setting a May 1 deadline for Samsung to file its motion to compel plaintiff Antonio Lewis’ dispute to arbitration. Lewis’ opposition to the motion is due June 15, with June 30 the deadline for Samsung’s optional reply, said the order. Samsung’s claim its Z Fold 3 smartphone can be folded and unfolded at least 200,000 times -- the number of such actions a user would perform in five years -- is based on “flawed” testing methodology and “not representative of real-world usage,” alleged Lewis’ Dec. 26 fraud class action (see 2301030027).