Plaintiffs denied reconsideration on arbitration in US Dropbox data breach case
( May 14, 2026, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Plaintiffs suing Dropbox over an April 2024 data breach were denied a request for reconsideration on an order of arbitration. US District Judge Jeffrey S. White said that a reasonably prudent internet user would read the relevant agreement prompt box and, in conjunction, find that the agreement to affix their signature to the document is simultaneously an agreement to accept the terms of service explicitly mentioned in the same sentence, including the arbitration provision at issue.See attached file. ...
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