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Yahoo $117 million data breach settlement scrutinized in Ninth Circuit hearing

By Mike Swift ( February 16, 2022, 23:24 GMT | Insight) -- A panel of federal appellate judges listened to lawyers for Yahoo, plaintiffs and objectors who say the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit should require the trial court to overhaul the settlement.When litigation against Yahoo over a series of data breaches suffered by the once prominent web portal and search engine received final settlement approval from a federal judge in California in 2020, the $117.5 million agreement was a record settlement for a data breach case....

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