IN RE: SOCIAL MEDIA ADOLESCENT ADDICTION/PERSONAL INJURY PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

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Case overview

Case Number:

4:22-md-03047

Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Personal Inj. Prod. Liability

Multi Party Litigation:

Multi-district Litigation, Class Action

Judge:

Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

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February 23, 2024
Social Media Addiction Fight Akin To Big Tobacco, Judge Says

A California federal judge appeared skeptical Friday of dismissing claims by parents and children seeking to hold Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg liable in sprawling personal injury multidistrict litigation over social media's allegedly addictive design, comparing the addiction allegations to Big Tobacco cases that proceeded past the pleading stage.
February 09, 2024
Social Media Addiction MDL Gets Date For First Bellwether

The California federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation accusing Facebook and other social media platforms of harming young people by purposely making their platforms addictive has set a late 2025 date for the first bellwether trial.
February 06, 2024
Meta, Snap Want Schools' Social Media MDL Suit Tossed

Meta, Snap and other social media giants asked a California federal judge Monday to toss claims by schools and local governments over expenses incurred addressing the purported harms to students from the addictive features of their platforms, arguing the claims are barred by the First Amendment and the Communications Decency Act.
January 26, 2024
'Waste Of My Time': Social Media Cos. Get Earful From Judge

A California federal judge said Friday she'll likely deny Google, Meta Platforms, TikTok and Snap Inc.'s quick appeal request and their bid to exclude plaintiffs' causation experts early in sprawling multidistrict litigation over social media's mental health impacts, repeatedly telling defense counsel their "entirely premature" requests are a "waste of my time."
January 17, 2024
Parents Says Zuckerberg Can't Escape Social Media MDL

Plaintiffs in a massive multidistrict litigation against Meta and other social media companies claiming children suffered personal injuries due to the platforms' addictive design argued that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg shouldn't be allowed to escape the litigation as he put "profits over user safety."
January 05, 2024
Meta Cut From Conn. Products Liability And Sex Assault Suit

In a case that has toggled between state and federal court and avoided being rolled into a multidistrict litigation proceeding, Meta Platforms Inc. has been unceremoniously removed from a Connecticut products liability lawsuit against two online platforms and two men convicted of sexually assaulting a minor they met online.
January 05, 2024
Biggest Personal Injury And Med Mal Court Decisions In 2023

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling addressing states' jurisdiction over out-of-state companies and a key ruling in sprawling multidistrict litigation against Silicon Valley's biggest companies over social media addiction are among Law360's top personal injury and medical malpractice cases for 2023.
January 01, 2024
Consumer Protection Issues To Watch In 2024

The Federal Trade Commission is expected to step up its regulation of endorsements and environmental advertising claims in 2024, while the Federal Communications Commission and plaintiffs are likely to continue to keep the pressure on robocallers, and efforts to hold social media giants liable for what kids see online will heat up.
November 22, 2023
School Plaintiffs' Leadership Tapped In Social Media MDL

Facebook and other social media platforms are facing massive multidistrict litigation accusing them of harming young people by purposely making their platforms addictive, and counsel for the suing school districts will have a seat at the leadership table, a California federal judge has ruled.
November 17, 2023
Meta, Snapchat Say Assault, Defect Claims Can't Be Combined

Meta Platforms Inc. and Snapchat have urged a Connecticut state court to strike a complaint that joins assault and product liability claims brought by parents who say their child was raped by two men she met on social media, arguing that Constitution State law doesn't allow the combination of two distinct cases.