Logitech, Consumers Won’t Get 9th Cir. Permission to Settle

Logitech Inc. failed to convince the Ninth Circuit to review a district judge’s order that prevents it from settling a consumer class action over the quality of its computer speakers.

The company asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Oct. 9 to overrule Judge William Alsup’s general prohibition on engaging in settlement negotiations in class cases before the parties have conducted discovery and the court has ruled on class certification.

Logitech argued Alsup’s standing order unduly delays the litigation and infringes on the parties’ free speech rights.

But the Ninth Circuit denied the petition. “It does not ...