Michael Gennaro reports:
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday afternoon that a federal court did not abuse its discretion in 2023 when it approved a $725 million settlement between Facebook, Inc. — now known as Meta — and a settlement class concerning the Cambridge Analytica scandal, an event in which Facebook misused personal data for political purposes.
Two objectors — Sarah Feldman and Jill Mahaney — appealed the approval of the settlement and the federal court’s order approving attorneys’ fees constituting 25% of the settlement fund, which amounts to about $180 million.
The three-judge panel unanimously agreed that U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria conducted a thorough, reasonable examination of the settlement before approving it and did not abuse any discretion when doing so.
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