Intellectual Property
Aug. 22, 2012
Federal judge nixes Facebook class action settlement
A federal judge has scuttled a proposed settlement between Facebook Inc. and class-action plaintiffs, noting "serious concerns" over attorney fees and the agreement's failure to provide monetary damages directly to users.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A federal judge in San Francisco has scuttled a proposed class-action settlement involving Facebook Inc. that didn't provide money to the plaintiffs alleging privacy violations while plaintiffs' attorneys were to receive up to $10 million in fees.
In a ruling last week rejecting the settlement agreement, U.S. District Judge Richard G. Seeborg expressed "serious concerns" over the attorn...
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