Ronald Schwartz v. Yahoo! Inc.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FILED

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JUN 27 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

In re: YAHOO! INC. CUSTOMER No. 20-16779

DATA SECURITY BREACH

LITIGATION, D.C. No. 5:16-md-02752-LHK ______________________________

RONALD SCHWARTZ; et al., MEMORANDUM*

Plaintiffs-Appellees,

JAMES MCCAIN,

Objector-Appellant,

v.

YAHOO! INC.; AABACO SMALL

BUSINESS, LLC,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Lucy H. Koh, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 16, 2022 San Francisco, California

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Before: GOULD and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and ZIPPS,** District Judge.

This appeal stems from a class action complaint alleging that Yahoo! Inc.

and Aabaco Small Business, LLC (collectively, Yahoo) failed to employ sufficient

security measures to protect class members’ personal information, resulting in

multiple data breaches. The data breach…