Litigation
Oct. 10, 2012
Facebook offers users a little money to settle class action
Hoping to placate a federal judge, Menlo Park-based Facebook Inc. offered to pay unhappy users $10 to settle a publicity rights class action over its "Sponsored Stories" advertising feature.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Hoping to placate a federal judge, Menlo Park-based Facebook Inc. has offered to pay unhappy users $10 each to settle a publicity rights class action over its "Sponsored Stories" advertising feature.
The new proposal, revealed in weekend filings, revises an earlier agreement that failed to satisfy U.S. District Judge Richard G. Seeborg. The June deal allocated $20 million to universities and ...
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