Preliminary Approval of $27.5 Million Thomson Reuters Settlement

If you’ve lived in California over the past seven years, you could be entitled to a payout from a $27.5 million lawsuit settlement against media giant Thomson Reuters. The class action lawsuit was filed by East Bay activist Cat Brooks and Oakland-based journalist Rasheed Shabazz in 2020 against Thomson Reuters in connection to its CLEAR platform.

Not to be confused with the similarly named airport security system, CLEAR is an online investigative software platform that the company markets to governments and law enforcement agencies. According to the CLEAR website, the platform “powers professionals to complete investigations quickly and efficiently.”

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