Updates to our Terms of Use

We are updating our Terms of Use. Please carefully review the updated Terms before proceeding to our website.

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

View Back issues

Apple keyboard settlement

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A federal court in California gave its preliminary approval of a $50 million class action settlement between consumers and Apple over defective and fragile “butterfly” MacBook keyboards, which would mistype or fail to register inputs if small amounts of debris or dust got under the keycaps.

Read the ruling here.

Categories / Briefs, Consumers, Technology

Subscribe to our free newsletters

Our weekly newsletter Closing Arguments offers the latest about ongoing trials, major litigation and rulings in courthouses around the U.S. and the world, while the monthly Under the Lights dishes the legal dirt from Hollywood, sports, Big Tech and the arts.

Loading...