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Circuit Rejects AOL Privacy Settlement, Citing Random Beneficiaries

Posted on November 22, 2011July 2, 2025 by Dissent

Ginny LaRoe reports that a proposed settlement of a lawsuit against AOL over inserting promotional messages in subscribers’ e-mail footers has hit a snag:

The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Monday rejected a class action settlement that called for AOL Inc. to give $110,000 to random charities, sending a message that courts should be more careful in doling out money under the cy presdoctrine.

A unanimous panel said the charities had nothing to do with the plaintiffs’ email privacy claims and that too much money was being funneled to Los Angeles groups, despite a class spread out across the country. And the court expressed skepticism about whether judges or mediators should make recommendations on how large sums of money get paid out when the money doesn’t go to the class members.

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