IN RE: SOCIAL MEDIA ADOLESCENT ADDICTION/PERSONAL INJURY PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION
Case Number:
4:22-md-03047
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Multi-district Litigation, Class Action
Judge:
Firms
- Shadoan Michael
- Fayard & Honeycutt
- Felhaber Larson
- Lieff Cabraser
- Himes Petrarca
- Terrell Hogan
- Papetti Samuels
- Garcia & Artigliere
- Boies Schiller
- Frazer PLC
- Levin Sedran
- Outten & Golden
- Stavrinakis Law Firm
- Social Media Victims Law Center
- Motley Rice
- Keller Rohrback
- Kirkland & Ellis
- WilmerHale
- Clyde & Co
- Olson Grimsley
- Andrus Anderson
- Levin Papantonio
- Law Office of Joseph C. Tann
- Olson Remcho
- Savage Royall
- Pfeifer Morgan
- CohenMalad
- Girard Sharp
- DiCello Levitt
- Fields Han
- Brockstedt Mandalas
- Selendy Gay
- Kopelowitz Ostrow
- Waters Kraus
- Frantz Law Group
- Goza & Honnold
- Southern Med Law
- Hach Rose Schirripa
- English Lucas
- Ward Black Law
- Pendley Baudin
- Bailey & Glasser
- Haliczer Pettis
- Kronenberger Rosenfeld
- Cotchett Pitre
- Baron & Budd
- Singleton Schreiber
- Nelson Mullins
- Berg & Androphy
- Gibson Dunn
- Dinsmore & Shohl
- TimberlakeSmith
- King & Spalding
- Mehri & Skalet
- Beasley Allen
- Dugan Law Firm
- Heninger Garrison
- Taylor Porter
- Williams & Connolly
- Seeger Weiss
- Bergman Oslund
- Skadden Arps
- Robbins Geller
- Plymale Law Firm
- Schochor & Staton
- Farella Braun
- Simmons Hanley Conroy
- The Dudenhefer Law Firm
- Hendy Johnson
- Marc J. Bern & Partners
- Gibbs Mura
- Davis & Crump
- Davis Sturges
- Lockridge Grindal
- Morgan Lewis
- Anapol Weiss
- Lyles & Associates
- Lynch & Pine
- Holland & Hart
- Strom Law Firm
- Milberg Coleman
- Troutman
- Dillon McCandless
- Morrison Foerster
- Bleichmar Fonti
- Napoli Shkolnik
- Wilentz Goldman
- Kirton McConkie
- Carella Byrne
- Simmons Hanly
- C.A. Goldberg PLLC
- Robert Peirce & Associates
- Griffin Humphries
- Bruster PLLC
- Boesen Law
- Ron Austin Law
- Davis Polk
- Faegre Drinker
- Morgan & Morgan
- Riley Safer
- Elsberg Baker
- Aylstock Witkin
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Elrod Pope
- Adamski Moroski
- Kessler Topaz
- Bifferato Firm
- Wyche PA
- Bannister Wyatt
- Starnes Davis
- Covington & Burling
- Durham Pittard
- Wagstaff & Cartmell
- Munger Tolles
- Nurenberg Paris
- Carney Kelehan
- Nachawati Law Group
- Cooper & Kirk
- Irwin Fritchie
- Proskauer Rose
- Shook Hardy
- Levin Legal Group
- Pessin Katz
- Taylor & Gomez
- Ruggeri Parks
- Wilson Sonsini
- Weitz & Luxenberg
- Coblentz Patch
- Wolff Ardis
- Ketterer Browne
- Poulin Willey
- Mayer Brown
Companies
- Google LLC
- Cassopolis Public Schools
- Tri-Valley Corp.
- YouTube Inc.
- TikTok Inc.
- Miami-Dade County Public Schools
- Meta Platforms Inc.
- Richland School District Two
- Instagram Inc.
- Detroit Public Schools Community District
- Solvay SA
- ByteDance Ltd.
- Cache County School District
- Roblox Corp.
- Nassau County School District
- Apache Inc.
- Discord Inc.
- Alphabet Inc.
- Jefferson County School District
- Fort Wayne Community Schools
Government Agencies
- California Department of Public Health
- California Health and Human Services Agency
- State of Michigan
- California Department of Health Care Services
- Nooksack Indian Tribe
- California Office of the Governor
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
- California Department of Consumer Affairs
- California Department of Finance
- State of Indiana
Sectors & Industries:
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