Judge Certifies Privacy, Publicity Rights Class Action Against Data Aggregator

Mealey's (May 30, 2024, 2:15 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on May 29 granted a group of plaintiffs’ motion to certify a class action against a personal information data-aggregator website on behalf of two statewide classes accusing the company of violating plaintiffs’ rights of publicity and against misappropriation of name and likeness and denied the parties’ competing motions to exclude each other’s experts....