In re Yahoo! Mail Litigation
Case # | 13-cv-04980 |
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Case Name | In re Yahoo! Mail Litigation |
Jurisdiction | US District Court for N.D. CA |
Summary | Defendants scan and store the contents of all incoming and outgoing emails to and from Yahoo email accounts. This practice even included emails sent to Yahoo mail users from non-Yahoo accounts. Plaintiffs allege that, since the sending parties did not consent to have their messages scanned and stored, this practice violates privacy laws. Plaintiffs also allege that Defendants do not receive actual consent from their customers for these practices. |
Final Approval Date | 08/25/2016 |
Result |
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Dismissal of Last Appeal | 11/16/2016 |
Attachments | Docket Report.pdf Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint.pdf Preliminary Approval Order.pdf Final Approval Order.pdf |
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Objection of Patrick Sweeney
Objectors | Patrick Sweeney |
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Signers | Patrick Sweeney |
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Summary |
At his deposition, Objector Sweeney disclosed eight objections in the previous year that he had settled for payments totaling $165,000 (see Plaintiffs' Response to Sweeney Objection for a list and corresponding deposition pages). He also disclosed a payment of $45,000 his wife had received for dropping an objection (see Sweeney Deposition Transcript at 179:20-180:5). Objector Sweeney also noted that class action objections comprise an increasing portion of his legal practice (see Sweeney Deposition Transcript at 149:2-22). |
Attachments | Objection of Patrick Sweeney.pdf Motion for Expedited Discovery of Objector Sweeney.pdf Sweeney Deposition Transcript.pdf Plaintiffs' Response to Sweeney Objection.pdf Appeal of Objector Sweeney.pdf Motion for Sanctions Against Objector-Appellant Sweeney.pdf Reply in Support of Motion for Sanctions.pdf Motion for Appeal Bond from Objector-Appellant Sweeney.pdf Reply in Support of Motion for Appeal Bond.pdf Dismissal of Sweeney Appeal.pdf Order Withdrawing Motion for Sanctions and Appeal Bond.pdf Sweeney Appeal Docket.pdf |
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