Last year in this space, we reported on the continuing debate concerning the use of cy pres awards in class action settlements. Since 2013, Chief Justice Roberts has provided cautionary comments about this practice. See Marek v. Lane, 134 S. Ct. 8 (2013). We also reported on the Ninth Circuit’s approval of a cy pres settlement in In Re Google Referrer Header Privacy Litigat., 869 F.3d 737 (9th Cir. 2017), which awarded plaintiffs’ counsel $3.5 million and six nonprofits/educational institutions another $5.3 million, all while awarding class members the proverbial goose egg.
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