NSO pushes to vacate fee award to WhatsApp in US spyware litigation
( August 17, 2026, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: NSO Group told a US appeals court that the reversal of any other part of the judgment in favor of WhatsApp — the contract claim, the injunction, or the punitive damages award — should correspondingly result in a fee award being vacated. NSO filed a reply backing the court changing a ruling that it must pay $4.4 million for using WhatsApp to install its Pegasus spyware on phones. It said there was no occasion for the lower court to consider whether WhatsApp remains the prevailing party on a partially reversed judgment, and WhatsApp’s response fails to support its premise that a 100% fee award follows so long as a claim under the California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act survives.See attached file. ...
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