A San Francisco federal judge on Tuesday denied Facebook Inc.’s request for more than $700,000 in attorney fees from plaintiffs who sued the site over privacy violations.
Robyn Cohen and four others had filed a proposed class action in the Northern District of California in late 2010 alleging that Facebook’s Friend Finder tool violated a California law banning companies from using names or photos in advertising without individual consent.
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