Klein et al v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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."

  6. 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.

  7. February 21, 2023

    Quinn Emanuel, Hagens Berman Keep Meta Leadership Roles

    A California federal judge on Tuesday ruled, "with some reservations," that Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP should continue to co-lead an antitrust suit against Meta Platforms Inc., instructing the firms to "put behind them" gender bias allegations against Quinn Emanuel.

  8. February 06, 2023

    Firms Vie To Lead Facebook Users Amid Atty Sex Bias Claim

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP filed dueling bids to spearhead an antitrust suit against Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc., requests that come just weeks after a Hagens Berman attorney accused her Quinn Emanuel counterparts of giving her views less weight "because of my gender."

  9. January 19, 2023

    Hagens Berman Atty Accuses Quinn Emanuel Of Gender Bias

    A Hagens Berman attorney representing Facebook users in an antitrust suit against the social media giant told a California federal judge Thursday that her co-lead attorneys from Quinn Emanuel gave her views less weight "because of my gender," prompting a Quinn Emanuel lawyer to strongly deny the claim.

  10. January 17, 2023

    Apple Resists Info Request From Meta Users In Antitrust Case

    Apple Inc. is opposing an information request from consumers accusing Facebook parent company Meta Platforms of monopolizing social media markets, telling a California federal court the request is overbroad and irrelevant.