Cho v. Seagate Technology Holdings, Inc.

Opinion

SIGGINS, J.

Plaintiff Sara Cho filed a representative class action against Seagate Technology Holdings, Inc. (Seagate), for falsely overstating in advertising and packaging the storage capacity of computer disc drives that it manufactures for public sale. The case was settled and David Klausner objected to the settlement. Klausner argued the class definition was imprecise and misleading, and that there was the possibility of collusion between the parties affecting settlement negotiations. In particular, Klausner claimed that collusion was evident because once the parties learned of…