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A Court authorized this Settlement Website because you have a right to know about a proposed Settlement of this Class Action lawsuit and about all of your options, before the Court decides whether to give Final Approval to the Settlement. This Notice explains the lawsuit, the Settlement, and your legal rights.
The Honorable Charles R. Breyer, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, is overseeing this case. The case is called Mirmalek v. Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, Case No. 3:24-CV-01797-CRB. The Person who has sued is called the Plaintiff. The Defendant is Los Angeles Times Communications LLC.
In a class action, one or more people called the Class Representatives (in this case, Taliah Mirmalek) sue on behalf of a group or a “Class” or “Settlement Class” of people who have similar claims. In a class action, the court resolves the issues for all Settlement Class Members, except for those who exclude themselves from the Settlement Class.
This lawsuit alleges that the Defendant, Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, installed and used three trackers—the TripleLift Tracker, GumGum Tracker, and Audiencerate Tracker (the “Trackers”)—on Website visitors’ internet browsers, without consent and in violation of Section 638.51(a) of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”). The Defendant denies that it violated any law. The Court has not determined who is right. Rather, the Parties have agreed to settle the lawsuit to avoid the uncertainties and expenses associated with ongoing litigation.
The Court has not decided whether the Plaintiff or the Defendant should win this case. Instead, both sides agreed to a Settlement. That way, they avoid the uncertainties and expenses associated with ongoing litigation, and Settlement Class Members will get compensation sooner, if at all, rather than after the completion of a trial.
The Settlement Class is defined as: All Persons who accessed LA Times online via website or mobile app in California and had their information collected by tracking technologies between January 31, 2023 through to, and including, December 19, 2025.
The Defendant has created a Settlement Fund totaling $3,850,000. Settlement Class Member payments, and the cost to administer the Settlement, the cost to inform people about the Settlement, attorneys’ fees, and an award to the Class Representative will also come out of this fund (see Question "How will the lawyers be paid?").
If you are member of the Settlement Class you may submit a Claim Form to receive a portion of the Settlement Fund. The amount of this payment will depend on how many of the Settlement Class Members file valid claims. Each Settlement Class Member who files a valid Claim will receive a proportionate share of the Settlement Fund.
The hearing to consider the fairness of the settlement is scheduled for June 26, 2026. If the Court approves the Settlement, eligible Class Members whose Claims were approved by the Settlement Administrator will receive their payment 90 days after the Settlement has been finally approved and/or any appeals process is complete. The payment will be made in the form of a check, unless you elect to receive payment by PayPal or Venmo, and all checks will expire and become void 180 days after they are issued.
If you are a Class Member and you want to get a payment, you must complete and submit a Claim Form by May 20, 2026. Claim Forms can be found and submitted online by clicking here, or by printing and mailing a paper Claim Form, copies of which are available for download here.
We also encourage you to submit your Claim online. Not only is it easier and more secure, but it is completely free and takes only minutes!
If the Settlement becomes Final, you will give up your right to sue the Defendant for the Claims this Settlement resolves. The Settlement Agreement describes the specific Claims you are giving up against the Defendant. You will be “Releasing” the Defendant and certain of its affiliates described in Section 1.23 of the Settlement Agreement. Unless you exclude yourself (see Question "How do I get out of the Settlement?"), you are “Releasing” the Claims, regardless of whether you submit a Claim or not. The Settlement Agreement is available here.
The Settlement Agreement describes the Released Claims with specific descriptions, so read it carefully. If you have any questions you can talk to the lawyers listed in Question "Do I have a lawyer in the case?" for free or you can, of course, talk to your own lawyer if you have questions about what this means.
If you do nothing, you won’t get any benefits from this Settlement. But, unless you exclude yourself, you won’t be able to start a lawsuit or be part of any other lawsuit against the Defendant for the Claims being resolved by this Settlement.
The Court has appointed the law firm of Bursor & Fisher, P.A. to be the attorneys representing the Settlement Class. They are called “Class Counsel.” They believe, after conducting an extensive investigation, that the Settlement Agreement is fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the Settlement Class. You will not be charged for these lawyers. If you want to be represented by your own lawyer in this case, you may hire one at your expense.
Class Counsel’s attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses will be paid from the Settlement Fund in an amount determined and awarded by the Court. Class Counsel is entitled to seek no more than one-third of the $3.85 million Settlement Fund, but the Court may award less than this amount.
As approved by the Court, the Class Representative will be paid an incentive award from the Settlement Fund for helping to bring and settle the case. The Class Representative will seek no more than $5,000 as an incentive award, but the Court may award less than this amount.
To exclude yourself from the Settlement, you must mail or otherwise deliver a letter (or request for exclusion) stating that you want to be excluded from the Mirmalek v. Los Angeles Times Communications, LLC, Case No. 3:24-CV-01797-CRB settlement. Your letter or request for exclusion must also include your name, your address, your signature, the name and number of this case, and a statement that you wish to be excluded. You must mail or deliver your exclusion request no later than April 22, 2026, to:
Mirmalek v. Los Angeles Times Communications, LLC
c/o Kroll Settlement Administration LLC
P.O. Box 225391
New York, NY 10150-5391No. Unless you exclude yourself, you give up any right to sue the Defendant for the Claims being resolved by this Settlement.
No. If you exclude yourself, do not submit a Claim Form to ask for benefits.
You can ask the Court to deny approval by filing an objection. You can’t ask the Court to order a different Settlement; the Court can only approve or reject the Settlement. If the Court denies approval, no Settlement payments will be sent out, and the lawsuit will continue. If that is what you want to happen, you should object.
To object, you must file with the Court a letter or brief stating that you object to the Settlement in Mirmalek v. Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, Case No. 3:24-CV-01797-CRB and identify all your reasons for your objections (including citations and supporting evidence) and attach any materials you rely on for your objections. Your letter or brief must also include your name, an explanation of the basis upon which you Claim to be a Settlement Class Member, the name and contact information of any and all attorneys representing, advising, or in any way assisting you in connection with your objection, and your signature. If you, or an attorney assisting you with your objection, have ever objected to any class action settlement where you or the objecting attorney has asked for or received payment in exchange for dismissal of the objection (or any related appeal) without modification to the settlement, you must include a statement in your objection identifying each such case by full case caption. You must also mail or deliver a copy of your letter or brief to Class Counsel and Defendant’s Counsel listed below.
Class Counsel will file with the Court and post on this website its request for attorneys’ fees by Monday, April 6, 2026.
If you want to appear and speak at the Final Approval Hearing to object to the Settlement, with or without a lawyer (explained below in answer to Question "May I speak at the hearing?"), you must say so in your letter or brief. File the objection with the Court and mail a copy to these two different places postmarked no later than May 13, 2026.
Court
Class Counsel
Defendant’s Counsel
The Hon. Charles R. Breyer
San Francisco Courthouse, Courtroom 6
450 Golden Gate Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94102
Max S. Roberts
Bursor & Fisher PA
1990 North California Blvd., 9th Floor
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Jason J. Kim
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
550 South Hope Street, Suite 2000
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Objecting simply means telling the Court that you don’t like something about the Settlement. You can object only if you stay in the Settlement Class. Excluding yourself from the Settlement Class is telling the Court that you don’t want to be part of the Settlement Class. If you exclude yourself, you have no basis to object because the case no longer affects you.
The Court will hold the Final Approval Hearing at 10:00 a.m. PT on June 26, 2026, via Zoom. The purpose of the hearing will be for the Court to determine whether to approve the Settlement as fair, reasonable, adequate, and in the best interests of the Settlement Class; to consider the Class Counsel’s request for attorneys’ fees and expenses; and to consider the request for an incentive award to the Class Representative. At that hearing, the Court will be available to hear any objections and arguments concerning the fairness of the Settlement.
The hearing may be postponed to a different date or time without notice, so it is a good idea to check this website. If, however, you timely objected to the Settlement and advised the Court that you intend to appear and speak at the Final Approval Hearing, you will receive notice of any change in the date of such Final Approval Hearing.
No. Class Counsel will answer any questions the Court may have. But, you are welcome to come at your own expense. If you send an objection or comment, you don’t have to come to Court to talk about it. As long as you filed and mailed your written objection on time, the Court will consider it. You may also pay another lawyer to attend, but it’s not required.
Yes. You may ask the Court for permission to speak at the Fairness Hearing. To do so, you must include in your letter or brief objecting to the Settlement a statement saying that it is your “Notice of Intent to Appear in Mirmalek v. Los Angeles Times Communications, LLC, Case No. 3:24-CV-01797-CRB.” It must include your name, address, telephone number, and signature as well as the name and address of your lawyer, if one is appearing for you. Your objection and notice of intent to appear must be filed with the Court and postmarked no later than May 13, 2026, and be sent to the addresses listed in Question "How do I object to the Settlement?".
This Settlement Website summarizes the proposed Settlement. For the precise terms of the Settlement, please see the Settlement Agreement available at here, by contacting Class Counsel at [email protected], by accessing the Court docket in this case, for a fee, through the Court’s Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system at https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov, or by visiting the office of the Clerk of the Court for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 450 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, CA 94102, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Court holidays.
PLEASE DO NOT TELEPHONE THE COURT OR THE COURT CLERK’S OFFICE TO INQUIRE ABOUT THIS SETTLEMENT OR THE CLAIM PROCESS.
This Settlement Website is authorized by the Court, supervised by Counsel for the Parties, and controlled by the Settlement Administrator approved by the Court. This is the only authorized website for this Settlement.
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