Facebook Settles Class Action Over Minors’ In-App Purchases

Mealey's (January 20, 2016, 12:35 PM EST) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a Jan. 15 consented motion for approval, the named plaintiffs in a class action against Facebook Inc. stated that the social network operator agreed to make changes to how it handles requested refunds for purchases made by minors’ within applications (in-app purchases) on its social network in compliance with California law (I.B., by and through his guardian ad litem Glynnis Bohannon, et al. v. Facebook, Inc., No. 5:12-cv-01894, N.D. Calif.)....