October 23, 2017
Ashley Madison users suing the online dating website over a 2015 data breach urged a Missouri federal judge Friday to grant final approval to an $11.2 million deal to end the dispute, arguing that the sole objector had "highly individualized" demands that could not be addressed in a class settlement.
July 21, 2017
A Missouri federal judge on Friday preliminarily approved a proposed $11.2 million deal to end a suit over online dating site Ashley Madison's 2015 data breach, giving the deal a nod just days after its proposal and the same day as a hearing on the subject.
July 14, 2017
The parent company of online dating website Ashley Madison reached an $11.2 million deal with users following a data breach of the network that leaked personal information, according to a proposed settlement filed in the Missouri-based multidistrict litigation on Friday.
August 30, 2016
The company that owns the cheating website Ashley Madison urged a Missouri federal judge on Monday to either kill multidistrict litigation over last summer’s data hack of site users' profiles or send the case to arbitration, saying the users all agreed to resolve any claims outside of court when they signed up for the service.
August 25, 2016
A Missouri federal judge said Wednesday that Ashley Madison users in multidistrict litigation stemming from the cheating website's data hack last summer can access documents related to their use of the site, saying the company's discovery responses have thus far been incomplete.
May 02, 2016
A Missouri federal judge concluded Friday that allowing Ashley Madison users to reference documents stolen and made public by hackers in July in their consolidated complaint posed a threat to the integrity of the multidistrict litigation and granted the company's request for a protective order.
April 18, 2016
The Ashley Madison dating website on Monday told a Missouri federal judge that users in multidistrict litigation have no right to use documents — including confidential attorney-client communications — stolen in the July hack and that those documents are still protected even if they were distributed in the press.
April 06, 2016
Ashley Madison dating website users must be publicly identified if they want to be class representatives in multidistrict litigation stemming from the Ashley Madison dating website data breach, a Missouri federal judge ruled Wednesday.
February 01, 2016
Whitfield Bryson & Mason LLP on Monday urged a Missouri federal judge to appoint it as an additional lead counsel in multidistrict litigation over the Ashley Madison dating website data breach, arguing that its attorney led the investigation into claims that the site used "fembots" to defraud men into subscribing.
January 20, 2016
A Chicago-based firm representing at least three Ashley Madison users asked a Missouri federal judge Wednesday to appoint it as an additional lead counsel in multidistrict litigation over the site's data breach, arguing that two firms who motioned the court last week for the leadership role lacked experience.