LinkedIn allows you to auto invite your email contacts to join linkedIn and they sort of ask you to confirm sending the invite but what they dont make clear is that if the person does not accept they will send 2 follow up invite emails that contain your name telling them to join linkedIn. This settlement claims that it is violation of your likeness to use your name to invite new users without your permission which you only gave for the first email. LinkedIn has decided to settle the case instead of letting it go to trial.

Dont get too excited the payout seems to be set at minimum of $10. So if you want to waste your time signing up for this class action you can get $10 from linkedIn because almost certainly they will reach the max number of complainants and end up only paying each person the minimum. Anyone with a linkedIn account that has ever sent out and invite to join linkedIn qualifies for this suit