Class Partly Certified, 1 Expert Excluded In Facebook ‘View As’ Data Breach Suit

Mealey's (December 2, 2019, 9:13 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In a Nov. 26 order, a California federal judge granted class certification for injunctive purposes only in a lawsuit over a data breach that affected the “view as” feature on Facebook Inc.’s social network, while also declining to certify a damages class and issuing a split ruling on Facebook’s motions to strike the opinions of two of the plaintiff’s expert witnesses (Stephen Adkins v. Facebook, Inc., No. 3:18-cv-05982, N.D. Calif.)....