Klein et al v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

  1. February 25, 2025

    Meta Says 9th Circ. Shouldn't Touch Antitrust Cert. Denial

    The Ninth Circuit should refuse to take up the appeal of a proposed class that was denied certification due to its novel theory that Meta Platforms Inc. would have been forced to pay users for the use of their data if it hadn't lied about how it was using it, the social media behemoth has told the court.

  2. February 12, 2025

    Meta User Antitrust Suit Gets Nov. 17 Trial Date

    A California federal judge has set a Nov. 17 trial date for accusations that Meta monopolized the social media advertising market weeks after he declined to certify a class of Facebook users that would have numbered in the millions.

  3. January 27, 2025

    'Guesswork' Dooms Class Cert. In Meta Privacy Antitrust Suit

    A California federal judge has refused to certify a class of consumers who say Meta would have to pay users for their data if it didn't lie about privacy safeguards, finding that the motion was undone by the opinions of an economist who cannot get from general economics to market reality.

  4. January 03, 2025

    Meta Wants Advertising Monopoly Suit Nixed

    Meta said that a group of advertisers accusing the company of monopolizing the social media advertising market have nothing more than its profits to point to in their damages bid, writing in a new summary judgment motion that extensive discovery has only shown how baseless the suit is.

  5. October 31, 2024

    Meta Users Fight Uphill For Cert., But Advertisers Have A Shot

    A California federal judge who was asked to certify two classes in litigation alleging that Facebook parent Meta Platforms monopolized the social media advertising market and misused users' data said Thursday that the users' damage theory wasn't "plausible," but appeared open to the advertisers' claim they suffered the same alleged injury.

  6. May 28, 2024

    Consumers, Advertisers Seek Class Cert. Against Meta

    Advertisers and consumers suing Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. over allegations of monopolizing the online social media advertising market and misusing users' data in the process have told the California federal court overseeing their claims that they believe it's time for the proposed classes to be certified.

  7. April 18, 2023

    Netflix 'Playing Games' With Meta Suit Discovery, Court Told

    Advertisers accusing Meta Platforms Inc. of monopolizing social media advertising asked a California federal judge to force compliance from Netflix with discovery requests regarding communications between the companies in support of the advertisers' allegations that the media giants made anti-competitive deals.

  8. April 13, 2023

    Netflix Says No To Chair's Deposition In Meta Monopoly Case

    Netflix and its billionaire chairman Reed Hastings told a California federal court that he shouldn't have to comply with advertisers' request that he sit for a deposition about his time on Meta Platforms Inc.'s board of directors as part of their high-stakes antitrust lawsuit.

  9. April 04, 2023

    Meta Slams Advertisers For 'Utter Waste' Of Depo Time

    Meta Platforms Inc. slammed advertising plaintiffs in their high-stakes antitrust fight, arguing that the advertisers have repeatedly violated the California federal court's protective order by referring to off-limits material during witness depositions in an "utter waste of party and nonparty witness time."

  10. March 20, 2023

    Meta Allowed To Limit Zuckerberg Depo In Antitrust Case

    A California federal judge allowed Meta Platforms to impose time limits on the pending depositions of several current and former executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg and ex-Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, after the company argued that the high-level officers do not have unique knowledge about the monopolization claims.