Amazon, Apple seek legal fees as sanction in US consumer lawsuit

Apple and Amazon have asked for a combined $223,000 in sanctions against a prominent class action law firm, accusing it of dragging out litigation over the price of iPhones and iPads after the initial plaintiff in the case sought to drop out. US district judge Kymberly Evanson in Seattle last month said the companies could ask to recover legal fees from Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro for failing to immediately disclose that its client wanted out of the case.

Hagens Berman “needlessly prolonged this litigation and required considerable judicial…