Prominent leaker may see default ruling reversed in Apple lawsuit

Jon Prosser’s failure to respond to Apple’s initial lawsuit led to a default ruling against him, but Apple lawyers are willing to give him another shot if the judge approves.

Apple filed a lawsuit against Jon Prosser and Michael Ramacciotti alleging that they conspired to steal information about a pre-release version of iOS. An Apple employee, Ethan Lipnik, was fired after the event where the alleged conspirators accessed his test device.

For whatever reason, Prosser didn’t respond to Apple’s July 2025 lawsuit, leading to a default judgment being placed against him in October 2025. In the time since, Prosser has slowly begun to respond to court orders and has agreed to participate in discovery and deposition.

Since Prosser retained counsel in April and agreed to finally join in on the lawsuit against him, Apple has agreed that the default judgment should be set aside. According to the filing shared by 9to5Mac, Judge Donato has to approve setting the default aside.

If approved, the court will convene on June 16 for Prosser’s deposition. There is no telling what the results of this case will be, but Apple may seek barring Prosser from covering Apple leaks in the future.

Even as this lawsuit has gone on, Prosser has continued to share “leaks” pertaining to Apple, though they seem to be based on existing rumors or speculation. If he had sources before, they don’t appear to be active now.