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$2.75 Billion Lawsuit Against Yahoo! Mexico Reversed

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May 17, 2013

According to Yahoo! Inc, the Mexico City Superior Court of Justice has granted the company's appeal and has reversed the Civil Court's judgment in the lawsuit filed by Mexico's World Wide Directories, S.A. de C.V.

Mexico City, Mexico - On Thursday, Yahoo! Inc. said the Superior Court of Justice in Mexico reversed a $2.75 billion verdict for Mexican company, Worldwide Directories, by a lower court against the tech giant and Yahoo! Mexico.

The appellate decision overturned all monetary awards against Yahoo! Inc. and reduced the monetary award against Yahoo! Mexico to $172,500. Also, Yahoo! Mexico was awarded $2.6 million plus interest in the original judgment on a counter claim against Worldwide Directories, and this award was upheld by the appellate.

In November last year, a Mexican federal court ordered Yahoo to pay $2.7 billion to settle a lawsuit over a failed Yellow Pages listing service. However, the hefty penalty was disputed by the tech industry.

The plaintiffs, Mexican firms Worldwide Directories S.A. de C.V. and Ideas Interactivas, S.A. de C.V., had alleged breach of contract, breach of promise, and lost profit arising from contracts related to a yellow pages listing service.

Following the verdict, Yahoo! Mexico appealed the judgment with the Superior Court of Justice for the Federal District on December 12, 2012.