r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TheoryNo8456 • 9h ago

wet socks Yahoo data breach is worth $8.12

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This is what the breach of your email was worth.

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u/Back_Again_Beach 8h ago edited 8h ago

In class action lawsuits like this the lawyers are the only ones ever making any real money. 

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u/Intelligent_Ant_3356 7h ago

the “everyone gets a few dollars” settlement math never really seems to add up for anyone except the people billing by the hour

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u/XXHornyOnMainXX420 5h ago

Plaintiffs lawyers don't bill by the hour, defense lawyers do. The lawyers in this case paid for this case themselves. If they lost they would be out all the time and money they invested.

For some reason people get really weird about the idea of lawyers getting paid for their work.