9th Circuit Affirms Fees, Incentive Awards In Facebook ‘Tag Suggestions’ Suit

Mealey's (March 22, 2022, 1:17 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Two class members whose objections to the $650 million settlement of a biometric privacy lawsuit against Facebook Inc. failed in trial court, saw their objections to attorney fees and class representative incentive awards rejected March 17 by a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel, which upheld the disputed awards as reasonable in light of the successful results achieved on behalf of the class....