Class Members Ask 9th Circuit To Dismiss Appeal Of Yahoo Data Breach Settlement

Mealey's (September 11, 2020, 11:01 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In a Sept. 9 summary affirmance motion, the named plaintiffs in a consolidated class action over multiple data breaches experienced by Yahoo! Inc. ask the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to dispose of one man's appeal of the approval of a $117.5 million settlement of the suit, calling his appeal meritless and stating that "[o]ne serial objector should not be permitted to hold up the implementation" of the settlement for the other 194 million class members (In re:  Yahoo! Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 20-16633, 9th Cir.)....