Facebook settles lawsuit over 2012 IPO for US$35mil


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 27 Feb 2018

FILE PHOTO: Facebook logo is seen at a start-up companies gathering at Paris' Station F in Paris, France on January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo

Facebook Inc and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg have reached a US$35mil (RM136.93mil) settlement of class-action litigation accusing them of hiding worries about the social media company's growth prior to its May 2012 initial public offering.

The settlement was filed on Monday in the federal court in Manhattan and won preliminary approval from US District Judge Robert Sweet.

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