Why The Supreme Court Finally Ended The Facebook Beacon Class-Action Lawsuit

It’s finally lights out for the Facebook Beacon case, as the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of the disputed settlement of the class-action suit against the social network, The Wall Street Journal reported.

It’s finally lights out for the Facebook Beacon case, as the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of the disputed settlement of the class-action suit against the social network, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The $9.5 million settlement of the suit was originally announced in March 2010, and it was upheld by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in February, but in July, a Facebook user represented by the Center for Class Action Fairness and law firm BakerHostetler asked the Supreme Court to examine the settlement.

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