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Litigation

Dec. 1, 2015

Sony data breach lawsuit settlement approved for now

Judge R. Gary Klausner initially approved settlement but still must deal with attorney fee motion

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A judge has initially green lighted a settlement between Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. and 435,000 of its current and former employees whose data was breached, but still must review the plaintiff's sizable attorney fee request.

U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner preliminarily approved on Tuesday a deal to give $4.5 million plus identity theft protection to class mem...

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