Class Claims Over Yahoo Data Breaches Partly Dismissed By Federal Judge

(September 7, 2017, 10:10 AM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a detailed 93-page ruling, U.S. Judge Lucy H. Koh of the Northern District of California on Aug. 30 dismissed some of the claims in a consolidated putative class action over large-scale data breaches experienced by Yahoo Inc., with some unfair competition and breach of contract claims surviving (In re:  Yahoo! Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 5:16-md-02752, N.D. Calif.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 140212)....