State of New York, et al v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

  1. April 27, 2023

    DC Circ. Rejects Bid To Break Up WhatsApp, Instagram Buys

    A D.C. Circuit panel refused Thursday to revive a case from state-level enforcers accusing Facebook parent company Meta Platforms of monopolizing social networking through a strategy of buying or burying would-be competitors.

  2. January 02, 2023

    Antitrust Conduct Issues And Cases To Watch In 2023

    The Federal Trade Commission prepares to test the limits of its authority to combat unfair methods of competition in the coming year, as the U.S. Department of Justice and state enforcers continue pushing aggressive antitrust agendas alongside new proposed class actions from private parties.

  3. September 19, 2022

    Warning Signs For FTC In AGs' Meta Appeal At DC Circ.

    An at-times skeptical D.C. Circuit panel signaled a tough road ahead Monday not only for the 48 attorneys general trying to revive their suit accusing Facebook successor Meta of buying or burying the competition, but also for federal enforcers still pursuing a parallel case at the district level.

  4. September 06, 2022

    DOJ Gets Time In State-Led Facebook Case At DC Circ.

    Federal enforcers during oral argument later this month will get a chance to support a contingent of state attorneys general asking the D.C. Circuit to revive their case accusing Facebook's parent company, Meta Platforms Inc., of monopolizing personal social networking services.

  5. August 24, 2022

    DOJ Wants To Argue In State-Led Facebook Case At DC Circ.

    The U.S. Department of Justice is requesting time during oral arguments at the D.C. Circuit to support a contingent of state-level enforcers accusing Facebook's parent company, Meta Platforms Inc., of monopolizing personal social networking services through acquisitions and developer restrictions on its platform.

  6. April 15, 2022

    AGs Insist Laches Defense Wrongly Used In Facebook Suit

    A coalition of 48 attorneys general asking the D.C. Circuit to revive their lawsuit accusing Facebook of illegally monopolizing personal social networking services has doubled down, asserting that a district judge erroneously tossed the case by invoking the doctrine of laches, saying it does not apply to enforcers seeking to protect public rights.

  7. March 29, 2022

    Chamber Sides With Facebook In States' Antitrust Fight

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is urging the D.C. Circuit not to revive a massive enforcement suit brought by most of the nation's attorneys general accusing Facebook of using its market power to build a monopoly, saying the state enforcers waited too long to bring their case.

  8. March 15, 2022

    Meta Asks DC Circ. Not To Revive States' Antitrust Case

    Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. urged the D.C. Circuit on Monday to affirm the dismissal of a complaint from state enforcers accusing it of violating antitrust law, arguing that a lower court was right to toss allegations about conduct that ended years ago.

  9. January 31, 2022

    DOJ Tells DC Circ. To Reassemble States' Facebook Claims

    The U.S. Department of Justice has thrown its weight behind 48 attorneys general trying to revive their lawsuit accusing Facebook of illegally monopolizing personal social networking services, telling the D.C. Circuit that a district judge wrongly broke the suit down without looking at the allegations cumulatively.

  10. January 14, 2022

    States Ask DC Circ. To Revive Facebook Antitrust Case

    A coalition of 48 attorneys general urged the D.C. Circuit in an appeal brief Friday to revive their lawsuit accusing Facebook of illegally monopolizing personal social networking services through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, just days after a parallel suit from federal enforcers survived a dismissal bid.