Sep. 14, 2023
Privacy claims against Avast not well stated, judge says
The judge found that the putative nationwide class of users failed to state a claim and many of their claims were time-barred because they failed to satisfy the burden to plead fraudulent concealment of the alleged misconduct to extend the statute of limitations.
Users of Avast, a family of internet security applications, suffered a setback when a federal judge ruled Wednesday that their wiretapping and invasion of privacy claims against affiliated companies were not adequately stated.
U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar in Oakland dismissed all the plaintiffs’ claims except for unjust enrichment and a portion of their privacy claims, giving them 35 days to submit an amended complaint to cure deficien...
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