9th Circuit Won’t Rehear Objection To Google Street View Cy Pres Settlement

Mealey's (February 4, 2022, 1:15 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Amicus curiae briefs filed by a group of state attorneys general (AGs) and an “[e]xperienced class action objector” failed to sway the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals into granting a motion for rehearing by a class member who objected to the cy pres-only settlement of a long-running privacy suit over Google LLC”s Street View feature, with the court denying the motion without comment on Feb. 3....