( April 22, 2026, 3:02 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — Writing that an appeal brought by individuals seeking to intervene in a class action settlement with Google “presents an example of ‘too little, too late’ for would-be class action intervenors,” a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed a district court’s denial of intervention and held that the absent class members’ attempt to enter the case to preserve appellate review of the denial of a damages class was untimely because it came years after that ruling and on the eve of settlement approval and would prejudice the parties by likely unraveling the negotiated injunctive relief settlement....