Samsung, Best Buy Motions Due Sept. 8 to Compel Fraud Claims to Arbitration

U.S. District Judge David Carter for Central California in Santa Ana set a Sept. 8 deadline for defendants Samsung and Best Buy to file their anticipated motions to compel plaintiff Sergio Rodriguez’s fraud claims to arbitration, said Carter’s signed order Wednesday (docket 8:23-cv-01194). The deadline for any further response to the Rodriguez’s complaint, if necessary, is extended until 21 days after the court decides the motions to compel, said the order. Rodriguez’s July 3 class action alleges Samsung and Best Buy falsely represented that Samsung’s QLED TVs have qualities, characteristics and functionalities they don’t have, including motion-smoothing and FreeSync, a feature that’s said to render smoother animation and game play (see 2307060011).