Legal Defeat for "BrowserGate" Plaintiffs: Federal Judge Tosses Class-Action Lawsuits Against LinkedIn
Executive Overview In a decisive early victory for Microsoft subsidiary LinkedIn, a federal judge has dismissed two class-action lawsuits brought against the professional networking platform over its controversial practice of scanning users’ browser extensions. US District Judge Vince Chhabria, presiding in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, ruled that the plaintiffs…
