February 26, 2021
A California federal judge on Friday praised a $650 million settlement resolving claims that Facebook's facial recognition technology violated Illinois users' biometric privacy rights, calling it a "landmark result," but he trimmed the $110 million requested attorney fees to $97.5 million.
January 14, 2021
A California federal judge on Thursday questioned a $110 million fee bid by attorneys representing Illinois Facebook users in a "groundbreaking" $650 million proposed settlement of claims that the social media giant's facial recognition technology violated their biometric privacy rights, suggesting that a fraction of that might be more appropriate.
November 25, 2020
More than 1.5 million Illinois Facebook users are seeking to claim a share of a proposed $650 million deal to resolve biometric privacy claims brought against the social media company in California federal court, according to a Wednesday filing by counsel for the parties, who had previously said that roughly 6 million consumers were eligible to participate in the settlement.
September 22, 2020
Levi & Korsinsky LLP wrongly ran online advertisements designed to "mislead and deceive" consumers into opting out of a recently secured $650 million biometric privacy settlement with Facebook to pursue their own claims, a California federal judge said during a hearing Tuesday, slamming the law firm's "artful" deception.
September 21, 2020
Levi & Korsinsky LLP responded to challenges that its ads encouraging class members to opt out of a recently secured $650 million biometric privacy settlement against Facebook and pursue their own claims are misleading, saying it "vigorously disputes" the allegations from class counsel.
September 18, 2020
Class counsel who recently secured a $650 million biometric privacy settlement against Facebook is asking a California federal judge to block Levi & Korsinsky LLP from continuing to disseminate "highly misleading" ads encouraging class members to opt out of the landmark deal and pursue their own claims against Facebook.
August 21, 2020
A California federal judge preliminarily approved Facebook's revised $650 million biometric privacy settlement with a class of Illinois users after rejecting a previous $550 million version of the deal.
July 23, 2020
A California federal judge indicated Thursday he's inclined to preliminarily sign off on Facebook's revised $650 million biometric privacy settlement with a class of Illinois users, saying it's "incrementally better" than the one he rejected last month, while adding that he wants to see a "record-breaking claims rate."
June 04, 2020
A California federal judge tore into Facebook's proposed $550 million biometric privacy settlement with a class of Illinois users Thursday, saying he won't yet grant preliminary approval and has many questions about a deal that gives users just 1.25% of what they could be entitled to under the Prairie State's biometric privacy law.
May 11, 2020
A class of Illinois Facebook users has revealed the long-awaited details of a record-setting $550 million biometric privacy deal reached with the social media giant earlier this year, telling a California federal court Friday that each class member who files an eligible claim is expected to receive between $150 and $300.