Judge Denies Approval Of Google Email-Scanning Class Settlement

Mealey's (March 17, 2017, 12:31 PM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a March 15 order, a California federal judge denied preliminary approval of a proposed settlement of a class action over Google Inc.’s practice of scanning emails of non-Gmail users, faulting the lack of clear notice and disclosures in the settlement and finding it unclear that the settlement is “fundamentally fair, adequate, and reasonable” (Daniel Matera, et al. v. Google Inc., No. 5:15-cv-04062, N.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37370)....