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Entertainment & Sports

Oct. 22, 2015

Sony could pay $3.5M in attorneys' fees in email hacking case

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. has agreed to pay up to $3.5 million in attorneys' fees and $4.5 million in reimbursements to those affected by the company's massive 2014 data breach.

By Ashley Cullins
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. has agreed to pay up to $8 million as part of a settlement reached in a class action brought by current and former employees - with almost half of that going to class counsel.

A significant cyberattack that leaked employees' emails last November lead to seven separate cases filed by former Sony employees in federal court - and an additional four in state court...

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