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In re Facebook, Inc., Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation

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Case Number:

3:18-md-02843

Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

P.I.: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Vince Chhabria

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  1. February 09, 2023

    Facebook, Gibson Dunn Sanctioned For 'Egregious' Conduct

    Facebook and its counsel Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP must pay $925,000 to social media users in multidistrict litigation over the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, a California federal judge ruled Thursday, citing their "unusually egregious and persistent" misconduct delaying discovery and gaslighting of opponents in seeking to extract a lower-priced settlement.

  2. December 23, 2022

    Facebook, Users Ink $725M Deal To End Data Harvesting Row

    Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to pay a record $725 million to resolve multidistrict litigation stemming from Facebook's involvement in the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal, with class counsel asserting that the deal provides "unprecedented" benefits to millions of affected Facebook users.

  3. December 01, 2022

    Off Beat: 4 Legal Industry Updates IP Attys Should Know

    While intellectual property attorneys were keeping an eye on their own area of law, they may have missed updates on what's permissible to send to opposing counsel's client and when to consider taking away a client's Twitter access. Here, Law360 breaks down why these and other developments not directly about intellectual property are worth your time.

  4. November 21, 2022

    Gibson Dunn Faces $2M Sanctions Bid In Facebook MDL

    Facebook users have asked a California federal court to impose $2 million in sanctions against the social media giant and its attorneys at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, over an alleged yearslong pattern of abusive discovery delays in multidistrict litigation over the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal.

  5. September 30, 2022

    Off Beat: 5 Non-IP Stories You Should Read Anyway

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  6. September 15, 2022

    Facebook Judge Rips Gibson Dunn Atty's 'Abominable' Depo

    U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria appeared open Thursday to sanctioning Facebook and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP in multidistrict litigation over the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal for what he described as "abominable" deposition misconduct and their pattern of "pouncing" on alleged ambiguities to delay discovery into "obviously responsive materials."

  7. August 26, 2022

    Facebook Users Near Deal In Data Harvesting MDL

    Facebook users told a California federal judge Friday they have reached a "settlement in principle" with parent company Meta Platforms Inc. to resolve multidistrict litigation stemming from the social media company's involvement in the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal.

  8. July 26, 2022

    Judge Won't Delay Facebook Privacy MDL Sanctions Fight

    A California federal judge said Tuesday he won't delay a hearing on a sanctions motion accusing Facebook and its Gibson Dunn attorneys of stonewalling document production in multidistrict litigation over the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal, saying he already rescheduled the hearing once after he and his clerks contracted COVID-19.

  9. July 20, 2022

    Zuckerberg, Sandberg Face Depos In Data Harvesting MDL

    Facebook leaders Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg have agreed to sit for depositions in multidistrict litigation over the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal, according to a joint case management statement filed on Tuesday in a suit that has been mired down by a tense discovery phase.

  10. April 12, 2022

    ​​​​​​​Facebook, Gibson Dunn Fight Sanctions Bid In Privacy MDL

    Meta Platforms' Facebook and its counsel at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP told a California federal judge Monday there's no reason they should face sanctions in multidistrict litigation over the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal, contesting social media users' accusations that they've been dodging discovery.

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