MediaPost reports on the request by a coalition of news organizations asking U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh to unseal court documents related to a Gmail lawsuit. “This case has the potential to not only affect the rights of the millions of class members but also to set precedent on vital issues of first impression for privacy law,” the coalition wrote in papers filed in U.S. District Court. The news organizations contend that neither Google nor consumers involved in the suit have demonstrated a need for the documents to be sealed, writing, “Instead, the parties have asked the court to reflexively seal thousands of pages of documents in a case that could impact the privacy rights of millions of Americans.”
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