Facebook To Pursue Certiorari Over Class Certification In Biometric Privacy Suit

Mealey's (October 25, 2019, 1:13 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Less than a week after the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied Facebook Inc.’s motion to rehear a dispute over class certification in a lawsuit accusing it of violating an Illinois biometric privacy law, the social network on Oct. 24 asked the appeals court to stay its mandate pending Facebook’s stated intention to seek certiorari from the U.S. Supreme Court (Nimesh Patel, et al. v. Facebook Inc., No. 18-15982, 9th Cir.)....