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Civil Litigation,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Feb. 12, 2021

9th Circuit skeptical of objections to $13M cy pres award

Attorneys objecting to a $13 million cy pres settlement of a lawsuit reached between class counsel and Alphabet-owned Google ran into a skeptical 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel Thursday that wondered how their alternative could work.

Attorneys objecting to a $13 million cy pres settlement of a lawsuit reached between class counsel and Alphabet-owned Google ran into a skeptical 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel Thursday that wondered how their alternative could work.

The class action accused Google of violating plaintiffs' privacy rights by illegally gathering Wi-Fi network data, using its fleet of cars known as Street View that helped map the country more t...

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