MediaPost reports on a federal judge’s dismissal of a consumer lawsuit against 17 tech companies. U.S. District Court Judge Sam Sparks found the consumers’ written complaint is “too unwieldy” for the lawsuit to proceed, the report states. The suit was filed against the tech companies for allegedly collecting or storing users’ address books without their consent, the report states. Complaints are required to make allegations in a “short and plain statement.” Sparks said the consumers’ complaint was not “written with an eye toward this court’s busy docket” and is instead aimed at the “court of public opinion.” The consumers have until September 12 to amend the complaint.
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