Initial OK Given To $2.45 Million Settlement Of Debt Collector Data Breach Suit

(February 28, 2024, 8:31 AM EST) -- SEATTLE — Two months after the proposed settlement of a class action over the 2022 breach of a debt collector’s network was sent back for some fine-tuning, a Washington federal judge granted a renewed motion for preliminary approval of a $2.45 million agreement, finding that the parties cured ambiguous language in its scope of release and sufficiently identified the range of attorney fees and costs amounts sought....