Tech your username 3 hours ago On May 27, a Northern District of California judge dismissed a putative class action with leave to amend that concerned computer hard drives. In the suit, the consumer plaintiff alleges that Western Digital Corporation misled consumers about the true nature of four types of hard drives it made and sold. The summary order, written by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, found that the amended complaint failed to sufficiently allege New York business law, fraudulent concealment, and unjust enrichment claims. According to the March-filed complaint, Western Digital did not tell purchasers that its hard drives utilize “Shingle Magnetic Recording (SMR) technology, which results in slower performance and inferior stability compared to higher-performance Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR) technology.” The plaintiff claims that previously, the hard drive manufacturer used CMR technology, but “surreptitiously switched to SMR technology in the last several years without disclosing this change to consumers,” allegedly for cost reasons.