U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Litigation
Mar. 21, 2019
Justices punt on cy pres settlement case
The U.S. Supreme Court punted on an opportunity to weigh in on settlements that do not monetarily benefit class members and instead compensate third parties and plaintiffs’ attorneys Wednesday, saying the case it selected to review had unanswered standing issues that needed to first be addressed in the courts below.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday punted on an opportunity to weigh in on settlements that do not monetarily benefit class members and instead compensate third parties and plaintiffs' attorneys, saying the case it selected to review had unanswered standing issues that needed to be addressed by lower courts.
In a per curiam opinion, a majority of the justices said plaintiffs who sued Alphabet Inc.-owned Google alleging online privac...
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