Case: In re: Yahoo! Mail Litigation, No. 5:13-cv-04980 Court: Northern District of California
Attorneys: Frederic S. Fox, Laurence D. King, Donald R. Hall, Linda M. Fong, David A. Straite, Mario M. Choi |
Kaplan Fox is court-appointed co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs in this digital privacy class action, challenging Yahoo's practice of "scanning" incoming and outgoing emails for content, in order to more effectively target advertising. On August 14, 2014, Judge Lucy Koh denied in part and granted in part a motion to dismiss the case, allowing plaintiffs to pursue a claim under California's Invasion of Privacy Act. In addition, Judge Koh allowed plaintiffs to pursue a federal Stored Communications Act claim related to Yahoo's alleged practice of divulging some email content to favored third parties without adequate consent. Bloomberg News reported on the decision, which can be found here. |