Judge Logs Schedule in Samsung Galaxy S21 Fraud Class Action

No additional parties can be joined without leave of court to the McDougall v. Samsung fraud class action in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan, said a Thursday case action plan (docket 1:23-cv-00168) from U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield. Initial requests for document production in the false advertising case are due June 15, with responsive documents due by July 31, said the schedule. Not all parties in the class action agreed to conducting proceedings before a U.S. Magistrate Judge, said Schofield. McDougall paid more for the Galaxy S21 smartphone than she would have if she knew she wasn't receiving 128 GB of usable storage space, said her January complaint (see 2301100031). Samsung sold more phones at higher prices than it would have “in the absence of this misconduct, resulting in additional profits at the expense of consumers,” it said. Plaintiffs claim Samsung violated the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law and New York General Business Law, and also charge the phone maker with breach of warranty, negligent misrepresentation, fraud and unjust enrichment.