In a joint status report filing, Apple said it hadn’t heard from Jon Prosser’s lawyer in a month, which his counsel attributed to Prosser caring for his newborn child. Here are the details.
Prosser’s discovery process hits delays
Last year, shortly after announcing iOS 26, Apple sued Jon Prosser over videos in which he leaked the Liquid Glass redesign.
Apple accused Prosser, alongside Michael Ramacciotti, of misappropriating trade secrets and violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by accessing an Apple employee’s development iPhone and using its contents to publish the leaks.
Based on court documents filed since then, Ramacciotti promptly cooperated with Apple’s discovery requests, while Prosser failed to formally respond to the lawsuit. Prosser would go on to deny this characterization.
That said, this led the court to grant Apple’s request to enter default against him, which essentially meant he could no longer contest Apple’s allegations unless the default was set aside.
Last June, Prosser’s lawyer filed a request to set aside the default, arguing that this would be the most efficient way to move the case forward. The court granted the request, kicking off an initial round of discovery in which Prosser provided Apple with documents and communications and sat for a deposition.
However, in a joint status report filed yesterday, Apple says that there has been limited progress since then, which his counsel attributed to the birth of the leaker’s second child.
From the filing:
The report, signed by attorneys for Apple, Ramacciotti, and Prosser, adds that Ramacciotti has agreed to supplement his interrogatory responses and sit for a second deposition in September, and that the parties expect to file another status update on October 7.
You can read the full filing below:
