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IN RE: SOCIAL MEDIA ADOLESCENT ADDICTION/PERSONAL INJURY PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION
Case Number:
4:22-md-03047
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Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Multi-district Litigation, Class Action
Judge:
Firms
- Adamski Moroski
- Anapol Weiss
- Andrus Anderson
- Aylstock Witkin
- Bailey & Glasser
- Baird Mandalas
- Bannister Wyatt
- Baron & Budd
- Beasley Allen
- Bergman Oslund
- Bifferato Firm
- Bleichmar Fonti
- Boesen Law
- Bruster PLLC
- C.A. Goldberg PLLC
- Carella Byrne
- Carney Kelehan
- Coblentz Patch
- Cooper & Kirk
- Cotchett Pitre
- Covington & Burling
- Davis Sturges
- DiCello Levitt
- Dillon McCandless
- Dinsmore & Shohl
- Duane Morris
- Dugan Law Firm
- Durham Pittard
- Elrod Pope
- Elsberg Baker
- English Lucas
- Faegre Drinker
- Farella Braun
- Fayard & Honeycutt
- Frantz Law Group
- Gainsburgh Benjamin
- Gibbs Law Group
- Gibson Dunn
- Girard Sharp
- Goza & Honnold
- Griffin Humphries
- Hach Rose Schirripa
- Haliczer Pettis
- Hendy Johnson
- Heninger Garrison
- Himes Petrarca
- Holland & Hart
- Irwin Fritchie
- Keller Rohrback
- Kessler Topaz
- Ketterer Browne
- King & Spalding
- Kirton McConkie
- Kopelowitz Ostrow
- Kronenberger Rosenfeld
- Law Office of Joseph C. Tann
- Levin Legal Group
- Levin Papantonio
- Levin Sedran
- Lieff Cabraser
- Lyles & Associates
- Lynch & Pine
- Marc J. Bern & Partners
- Mayer Brown
- Mehri & Skalet
- Morgan Lewis
- Morrison Foerster
- Motley Rice
- Munger Tolles
- Nachawati Law Group
- Napoli Shkolnik
- Outten & Golden
- Papetti Samuels
- Pendley Baudin
- Pessin Katz
- Pfeifer Morgan
- Plymale Law Firm
- Poulin Willey
- Quinn Emanuel
- Riley Safer
- Robbins Geller
- Robert Peirce & Associates
- Ron Austin Law
- Savage Royall
- Schochor & Staton
- Seeger Weiss
- Shadoan Michael
- Shook Hardy
- Simmons Hanly
- Skadden Arps
- Social Media Victims Law Center
- Southern Med Law
- Starnes Davis
- Stavrinakis Law Firm
- Strom Law Firm
- Taylor & Gomez
- Taylor Porter
- Terrell Hogan
- Troutman Pepper
- Wagstaff & Cartmell
- Ward Black Law
- Waters Kraus
- Weitz & Luxenberg
- Williams & Connolly
- Wilson Sonsini
- Wolff Ardis
- Wyche PA
Companies
- Alphabet Inc.
- ByteDance Ltd.
- Cache County School District
- Discord Inc.
- Google LLC
- Instagram Inc.
- Jefferson County School District
- Meta Platforms Inc.
- Miami-Dade County Public Schools
- Nassau County School District
- Roblox Corp.
- TikTok Inc.
- YouTube Inc.
Government Agencies
Sectors & Industries:
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July 05, 2023
Social Media Claims Try To 'Create New Tort Law,' Cos. Say
The parent companies of social media platforms such as Facebook, SnapChat and YouTube recently told a California federal court that claims the algorithms on their platforms cause addiction and other mental health problems are unprecedented and no court has ever allowed them.
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July 05, 2023
Product Liability Cases To Watch: 2023 Midyear Report
A challenge to a decades-old decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve an abortion drug has ramifications for product liability cases involving federal agency decisions, and the first talc trial since Johnson & Johnson placed a subsidiary in bankruptcy may influence whether other claimants opt to accept an $8.9 billion settlement.
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June 29, 2023
Cos. Argue Social Media Immunity From Mental Health Claims
The companies behind Facebook, YouTube and other social media platforms are urging a California federal court to throw out claims in multidistrict litigation seeking to hold them liable for harm to young users, saying the claims are barred by federal law granting immunity to the publishers of third-party content online, as well as the First Amendment.
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May 24, 2023
Social Media MDL's Bold Theory Echoed In US Health Alert
A high-profile warning from the federal government's top doctor about social media harming America's youth echoes core components of sprawling litigation targeting Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and other platforms, including a controversial theory that could substantially broaden the boundaries of personal injury law.
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May 24, 2023
Meta Product Liability Case Remanded To Conn. State Court
A judge has remanded to Connecticut Superior Court a lawsuit that accuses Meta Platforms Inc. and Snapchat of operating defective products that exposed a child to mental and physical harm, including sexual assault, because they do not verify the age of their users.
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April 18, 2023
Social Media Is Not A Product, Tech Cos. Tell MDL Judge
The parent companies of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube have asked a California federal judge to toss multidistrict litigation claiming they caused addiction and mental health problems in young users, arguing that the platforms can't be considered products for purposes of a product liability claim.
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January 02, 2023
Personal Injury And Med Mal Cases To Watch In 2023
A U.S. Supreme Court case regarding the broad liability shield enjoyed by internet companies and another high court case that could decide whether private rights of action are still allowed under a federal nursing home law are among the cases injury and malpractice attorneys will be following in 2023.
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January 02, 2023
Product Liability Cases To Watch In 2023
One case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court has wide implications for where plaintiffs can bring product liability claims, and attorneys are also watching the effects of 3M's decision to place a subsidiary in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it fights claims over allegedly defective combat earplugs. There's also new but novel litigation over claims that social media harms teenagers' mental health.
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November 10, 2022
Lead Counsel Appointed In Social Media MDL
A California federal judge has tapped Seeger Weiss LLP partner Chris Seeger, Lexi Hazam of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP and Previn Warren of Motley Rice LLC as lead counsel in consolidated litigation alleging that addictive algorithms used by social media platforms targeted adolescents and caused mental health problems.
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