Welcome to Critical MassLaw.com’s briefing on class actions and mass torts. I’m Amanda Bronstad in Los Angeles. Yahoo now faces punitive damages over its recent data breaches after Judge Lucy Koh refused to dismiss the case. Case law is emerging over litigation funding arrangements. And a judge is now weighing a $1.5 billion GMO settlement with Syngenta.

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