The "lead plaintiff" often does receive compensation, which is ordinarily disclosed as part of the settlement, and is far, far less than the lawyers' cut--perhaps 1-2%.
--Steve On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Jonathan Link <jonathan.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, it's some lawyer trying to turn this into a class action suit. I > sometimes wonder on these frivolous suits that get turned into class > actions, do the original plantiffs get an undisclosed incentive? Yes, I'm > cynical today. Get over it. :-) > > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Ziots, Edward <ezi...@lifespan.org> wrote: >> >> Very interesting, I don’t know if this guy is going to get anywhere with >> Yahoo or the suit… >> >> >> >> As for Yahoo Security I couldn’t comment on that, (Evil Smirk) >> >> >> >> Z >> >> >> >> Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, Security +, Network + >> >> Security Engineer >> >> Lifespan Organization >> >> ezi...@lifespan.org >> >> >> >> From: David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] >> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 11:35 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Idiot >> >> >> >> “Not only was Allan's Yahoo password stolen but someone also had accessed >> his eBay account without his permission after the Yahoo breach because he >> had used the same log-in credentials there, according to the suit” >> >> >> >> >> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57486703-83/yahoo-user-sues-over-password-leak/ >> >> >> >> Yes it’s common, but so is drunk driving, doesn’t make it any more >> excusable. >> >> David Lum >> Systems Engineer // NWEATM >> Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin