Preliminary Approval Sought For $90 Million Settlement Of Facebook Tracking Suit

Mealey's (February 17, 2022, 1:15 PM EST) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — Seven months after announcing that they had reached a settlement in principle with Facebook Inc. (now Meta Platforms Inc.) in a multidistrict litigation over its purported use of cookies to track users’ online activities, the four lead plaintiffs filed a motion in California federal court on Feb. 14 seeking preliminary approval of a $90 million settlement with the social network operator....