IN RE PLAID INC. PRIVACY LITIGATION
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JAMES COTTLE, et al., Case No. 20-cv-03056-DMR
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING FINAL
v. APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION
SETTLEMENT
PLAID INC., Re: Dkt. No. 156 Defendant.
This action consists of five separately-filed putative class actions in which 11 named plaintiffs allege that Defendant Plaid Inc. (“Plaid”) uses consumers’ banking login credentials to harvest and sell detailed financial data without their consent. The court consolidated the matters in July 2020. Plaintiffs now seek final approval of a class action settlement. They also move for attorneys’ fees, reimbursement of expenses, and service awards. [Docket Nos. 156, 157.] The court held a final fairness hearing on May 12, 2022 and ordered Class Counsel to submit supplemental evidence supporting the request for attorneys’ fees, which they timely filed. [Docket Nos. 177, 182, 183.] For the following reasons, final approval is granted. The motion for attorneys’ fees,…