Plaintiffs, Google Update Status Of Suit Over $5.5M Cookie Privacy Suit Settlement

Mealey's (September 25, 2024, 3:21 PM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — Following the lifting of a stay in a lawsuit where the plaintiffs sued Google LLC for purported privacy violations, the parties filed a joint status report in a Delaware federal court saying the 12-year-old case is “essentially at the same procedural posture as in 2015” after the court denied final approval of a $5.5 million settlement.  The plaintiffs noted that they have prepared discovery to address class issues and proceed to class certification, asserting that if they are able to demonstrate that the putative class is ascertainable, then the settlement should be granted final approval....