Apple Asks Judge To Move Antitrust Suit From Florida After Similar Claims Involving App Store Dismissed In California

Coring Company Apple App Store Class Action Lawsuit Overview: 

• Who: The Coring Company filed a class action lawsuit against Apple, which has asked a federal judge in Florida to move the case to northern California. 
• Why: Apple argues the complaint was only filed in Florida after similar claims involving the same plaintiff were dismissed in northern California two weeks prior.
• Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in Florida federal court.

Apple is asking a federal judge in Florida to move an antitrust class action lawsuit to northern California, arguing they are being targeted by a “serial litigant” who only filed the complaint in Florida to engage in “never-ending litigation.” 

The alleged “serial litigant” is plaintiff Jeffrey Isaacs, who was part of similar claims targeting Apple that were dismissed only two weeks before he filed the complaint in Florida’s southern district. 

The complaint has been brought by an app developer called The Coring Company; however, Apple alleges that the company and the app it purports to have made appear to be “inventions of Mr. Isaacs’ imagination.” 

Isaacs, under The Coring Company, claims Apple’s iPhone operating system commits antitrust violations by blocking out competing app marketplaces, including the platform it claims to have created called the “App Place.” 

‘Serial Litigant’ Wants To Avoid Ninth Circuit, Apple Says

Apple argues Isaacs filed the class action lawsuit in Florida, meanwhile, to avoid having his case heard in the Ninth Circuit, which it contends has “defeated numerous valid Apple antitrust claims.” 

By filing his case in Florida, Issacs is hoping to achieve a “more favorable” outcome by having his case heard in the Eleventh Circuit, Apple alleges. 

“This blatant effort to forum shop, and avoid a prior judgment, should not be indulged,” Apple said.

Separately, a federal judge in California appears to be closing in on certifying a class action lawsuit filed against Apple by investors who claim the company misled them about its iPhone sales, Law360 reports. 

Investors filed the class action lawsuit in April 2019, arguing Apple habitually slowed down the performance of its older iPhones in order to improve sales for its newer versions. 

Apple agreed this month to pay $100 million to resolve claims it violated antitrust laws by creating a monopoly with its App Store.

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The Coring Company is represented by Keith Mathews of AWP Lega.

The Coring Company Apple App Store Class Action Lawsuit is The Coring Company v. Apple Inc., Case No. 9:21-cv-82235, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

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