Google Buzz Class Action Settlement Objector Denied Certiorari Bid

Mealey's (January 8, 2018, 1:40 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In its Jan. 8 order list, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari by a man who claimed to have opted out of the 2011 settlement of a privacy class action against Google Inc. over its now-defunct Google Buzz feature, letting stand a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling affirming dismissal of the suit under the doctrine of res judicata (Michael Amalfitano v. Google Inc., No. 17-358, U.S. Sup.)....