High Court Questions Legitimacy of Data Privacy Lawsuit Against Google

The Supreme Court requested supplemental briefs on whether plaintiffs have the right to sue Google in a case involving its $8.5 million data privacy settlement (see 1810310043). The high court asked the parties and solicitor general Tuesday to address “whether any named plaintiff has standing such that the federal courts have Article III jurisdiction over this dispute.” The court was asked to weigh legitimacy of the cy pres settlement to charitable and academic organizations instead of being divided among many alleged victims. Supplemental briefs are due Nov. 30, replies Dec. 21.