Settling plaintiffs file reply in support of affirming agreement in Yahoo data-breach case
( March 31, 2021, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Plaintiffs that settled with Yahoo for $117.5 million over a data breach filed a reply in support of summary affirmance by a US appeals court, saying the objector’s counsel has a “lengthy and extremely troubling history” of filing “meritless objections in order to obstruct settlements.” “[T]hese well-documented examples of counsel’s firm’s intrusion into large class action cases that, as here, do nothing to enhance the settlement for class members while delaying its implementation in order to seek attorneys’ fees, are far from rhetorical; they come directly from federal court rulings,” they said.See document below. ...
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