Legal Opinion
Depu v. Oath Holdings, Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 22, 2021No. Civil Action No. 2017-0635Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HE DEPU et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 17-635 (RDM) OATH HOLDINGS, INC. et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER In 2007, in an earlier lawsuit brought before a different court, Chinese dissidents who had been imprisoned based on their online activity sued Yahoo. As part of a settlement agreement in that case, Yahoo paid $17.3 million to create the Yahoo Human Rights Fund, a portion of which was to be distributed to other Chinese dissidents who were imprisoned based on their online activity. This new Fund would be…
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