Facebook Data-Sharing Plaintiffs Defend $2 Million Discovery Sanctions Motion

Mealey's (November 22, 2022, 10:50 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Invoking a California federal court’s “broad discretion to calculate fee awards,” the named plaintiffs in a consolidated suit alleging privacy violations over a 2015 data-sharing incident said they are entitled to sanctions of more than $2 million in costs and attorney fees due to bad faith delays and failures to comply with discovery orders by Meta Platforms Inc. (formerly Facebook Inc.)....