Facebook should soon begin mailing settlement checks

PHOTO: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Paley Center in New York, Oct. 25, 2019. Newly unredacted documents from a state-led antitrust lawsuit against…

PHOTO: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Paley Center in New York, Oct. 25, 2019. Newly unredacted documents from a state-led antitrust lawsuit against Google accuse the search giant of colluding with rival Facebook to manipulate online advertising sales. The CEOs of both companies were aware of the deal and signed off on it, the complaint alleges. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

by: Curtis Koch

Posted: Mar 18, 2022 / 04:02 PM CDT

Updated: Mar 18, 2022 / 08:02 PM CDT

Jay Edelson, an attorney at Edelson Law, joined Lisa Dent on Chicago’s Afternoon News to discuss the nearly 1.6 million Illinois Facebook users who could soon be getting their $400 settlement checks. This comes after an appeals court upheld the $650 million settlement.