D. Or. · No. 1:26-cv-01928
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| Matter | Type | Practice area | Court | Date | Value |
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| Apple, Inc.source ↗ filed by Timberline Law Group, P.C. · Judge Michael Jerome McShane · No. 1:26-cv-01928 · 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury · view case timeline → Comparable settlements $59.50M–$725M ▾Comparable privacy rulings split roughly evenly—Bayhealth and Gunnar survived on duty/factual grounds while Santoro and Nuance were dismissed—so pure wiretap/privacy theories face real dismissal risk. This case differs sharply: it alleges CSAM stored on iCloud, invoking 18 U.S.C. §2255 civil remedy with mandatory minimum damages, not typical tracking-pixel exposure. Comparable settlements $59.50M–$725M median $81.50M · n=10 Meta $725M · Google $425M · Google $135M Per member (realized): ~$29 median · $29–$29 (n=2) Comparable verdict: Google LLC $425.70M · Google LLC $425.65M Class (from complaint): Jane Doe and other children who are victims of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) that was stored on Apple's iCloud service. Key precedent: Doe v. Integris Health — shows state-law privacy claims for third-party data sharing remain viable ('unclear') even when federal officer defenses fail, supporting survival of core privacy theory here. Main risk: Court could dismiss on causation/knowledge grounds (as in Santoro) if Apple shows it lacked actual knowledge of specific CSAM instances, undercutting statutory liability. This defendant: Apple faces a second concurrent Privacy & Wiretap filing (Alvarez v. Apple) and prior UCL/CLRA privacy suits, suggesting recurring exposure on data-handling practices. Rough EV model (wide — class size is the big unknown, not a prediction): $300M–$5B Realized $29 wiretap benchmark and generic settlement comps are poor fits; true CSAM statutory-damages exposure is far higher but data on actual class size and per-victim awards is sparse. · grounded in 8 rulings, 10 settlements, 4 verdicts | Filing | Privacy & Wiretap | D. Or. | 2026-09-16 | $59.50M–$725M comparable settlements |