9th Circuit Affirms Approval Of Facebook Messenger Privacy Class Action

Mealey's (March 5, 2020, 7:42 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Two and a half years after a trial court granted final approval of a settlement of a class action over Facebook Inc.’s now-discontinued practice of scanning its users’ private messages (PMs) for certain information, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 3 affirmed the approval over one class member’s objections, finding that the injunctive relief attorney fees established by the settlement were proportionate to the claimed privacy injuries (Matthew Campbell, et al. v. Facebook Inc., et al., No. 17-16873, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 6643)....