Facts

Anthony Bartling filed a class action against Apple in relation to security vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown.

PLAINTIFFS' CONTENTIONS: Plaintiffs contended that Apple Processors exposed users to two security risks known as Spectre and Meltdown. Plaintiffs additionally contended that to prevent Meltown, users would have to apply a software patch that will slow down the processor speed. Moreover, there is no software patch for Spectre. Plaintiffs claimed that Apple knew of the design defect and admitted it released an update to its software to address this problem. Similarly, plaintiffs claimed that Apple did not disclose the problem or repair it.

DEFENDANT'S CONTENTIONS: Apple contended that plaintiffs have not alleged an injury-in-fact, and therefore, lacked standing.

Result

The court granted Apple's motion to dismiss with leave to amend finding that the users failed to show that they were harmed. Apple released findings that concluded that Meltdown did not result in reduction of Apple's mobile operating system and that the software updates did not impact speed.