A federal judge in San Francisco has named Hagens Berman Sobol & Shapiro and Pearson, Simon, Warshaw & Penny as interim co-lead counsel in multidistrict litigation against Carrier IQ. The firms beat out a competing bid by Strange & Carpenter and Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd.
Some 70 lawsuits have been filed, primarily against Carrier IQ and handset manufacturers Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and HTC Corp., alleging that the companies installed software that illegally tracks consumer use of smartphones — in particular, text messages and other keystrokes. The litigation alleges violations of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, also known as the Federal Wiretap Act, and additional privacy and consumer laws.
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