3rd Circuit Vacates $5.5 Million Cy Pres Settlement Of Google Cookie Class Action

Mealey's (August 8, 2019, 11:53 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Finding a trial court’s approval of a $5.5 million cy pres-only settlement of a privacy class action against Google LLC to be “cursory” and “insufficient,” a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Aug. 6 vacated the approval order and remanded for further fact-finding and legal analysis as to the fairness of the settlement pertaining to the internet giant’s surreptitious collection of user data via cookies (In Re:  Google Inc. Cookie Placement Consumer Privacy Litigation, No. 17-1480, 3rd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 23467)....