9th Circuit Appeal Of $650 Million Facebook Biometric Settlement May Proceed

Mealey's (July 19, 2021, 1:51 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The named plaintiffs in a privacy lawsuit over Facebook Inc.’s “Tag Suggestions” feature saw their attempt to dispose of an appeal of the $650 million settlement of the consolidated class action fail on July 14, when a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel denied their motion to summarily affirm a trial court’s approval of the settlement....