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In Re: Lenovo Adware Litigation

  1. October 28, 2016

    Lenovo Users Get Class Cert., Lose Some Claims Over Adware

    A California federal judge on Thursday certified two classes of consumers who purchased Lenovo laptops that came with hidden adware preinstalled, but allowed them to move forward with only seven of their dozen claims that Lenovo unlawfully accessed their devices and interfered with their computers' performance.

  2. September 23, 2016

    Lenovo Says Apple Earbud Win Subverts Adware Class Claims

    Lenovo told a California federal judge Friday that customers who claim they could be harmed in the future by hidden adware preinstalled on their computers don't qualify for class certification in multidistrict litigation, citing a 2010 Ninth Circuit decision that threw out claims that Apple's iPod headphone carried an undue risk of hearing damage.

  3. August 22, 2016

    Lenovo Battles Class Cert. In Superfish Adware MDL

    Lenovo is fighting class certification in multidistrict litigation over adware preinstalled on its laptops that consumers claim compromised the security of their internet usage, telling a California federal court Friday that the issue didn't congeal into actual harm for laptop owners and the lead plaintiffs don't have identical sets of issues.

  4. July 25, 2016

    Lenovo Users Request Class Cert. In Adware Suit

    Lenovo users in multidistrict litigation accusing the computer manufacturer of secretly installing adware on their devices asked a California federal judge Friday to certify a class, saying a class action is the only way for the hundreds of thousands of consumers who purchased the affected laptops to get relief.

  5. March 02, 2016

    Lenovo Doubles Down On Dismissal Bid In Adware Suit

    Lenovo Inc. urged a California federal judge Tuesday to toss a lawsuit filed by consumers in multidistrict litigation accusing the computer manufacturer of secretly installing adware, saying the lack of any incident of hacking or security failure is fatal to their claims.

  6. February 18, 2016

    Lenovo Users Blast Bid To Dismiss Adware MDL

    Plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation accusing computer manufacturer Lenovo Inc. of secretly installing adware on Wednesday urged a California federal judge to deny Lenovo's bid to dismiss the suit, saying that the company has improperly attempted to recast the allegations as security or data breach claims.

  7. February 12, 2016

    Superfish Settles Spyware Claims For $1M In Lenovo MDL

    Superfish agreed in California federal court on Thursday to pay $1 million to settle consumers' accusations that the company spied on them with software that came preloaded on their Lenovo computers in order to present them with targeted online ads.

  8. July 28, 2015

    Cotchett, Girard Gibbs, Pritzker Levine To Lead Lenovo MDL

    Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP, Girard Gibbs LLP and Pritzker Levine LLP beat a slew of other firms to nab the role of interim co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation accusing Lenovo Inc. of secretly installing user information-harvesting software, according to an order filed Monday in California federal court.

  9. July 17, 2015

    Robbins Geller, Edelson, Others Vie To Lead Lenovo MDL

    Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Edelson PC and several other plaintiffs' firms squared off in California federal court Friday, seeking the right to lead multidistrict litigation accusing Lenovo Inc. of secretly installing software that harvests user information for targeted advertisements.

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