Google Must Defend Revived Claim Over Use of Android Phone Data

Android cellphone users won partial reinstatement of a proposed class action alleging Google LLC illegally consumes the data they purchase from their cellular providers each month.

The plaintiffs alleged Google “has programmed the Android operating system to secretly send and receive a large amount of information to and from Google using Plaintiffs’ cellular data.” They asserted claims of conversion and quantum meruit under California law.

A federal trial court erred in dismissing the suit under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), because the plaintiffs adequately pled a claim of conversion, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled ...