Judge Compels Discovery, Not Arbitration, In Suits Over Zynga Data Breach

Mealey's (January 8, 2021, 1:34 PM EST) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — Concluding that some discovery is necessary to determine whether several plaintiffs in three lawsuits over a 2019 hacking incident had assented to an arbitration provision within Zynga Inc.’s terms of service (TOS), a California federal judge on Jan. 6 denied the gaming firm’s motions to compel arbitration in the suits while granting its alternate motions to compel discovery of account information from the plaintiffs....