9th Circ. OKs Facebook Class's $98M Fee Win In Privacy Fight

By Dorothy Atkins (March 17, 2022, 10:12 PM EDT) -- The Ninth Circuit on Thursday affirmed class counsel's $97.5 million fee award for striking a $650 million deal that resolves claims Facebook's facial recognition technology violated Illinois users' biometric privacy rights, rejecting objectors' arguments that the award is "outrageous" and the trial judge abused his discretion in awarding it....

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