January 17, 2017
Facebook Inc. has urged a New York federal court to throw out lawsuits filed on behalf of 20,000 Israeli and American families seeking to hold the social media giant liable for giving a platform to Palestinian terrorists, arguing the 1996 Communications Decency Act bars tort claims against internet services involving third-party content.
September 27, 2016
Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Facebook Inc. on Tuesday sent a delegation of partners, associates and former U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal to make nice with the Brooklyn federal judge who scolded the firm late last week for sending a young lawyer to speak in a pre-motion conference.
September 23, 2016
A Brooklyn federal judge reportedly came down hard on a Kirkland & Ellis LLP associate in a pre-motion conference on Thursday, taking the young lawyer's firm to task for sending him instead of a partner to defend Facebook Inc. against claims it facilitated international terrorism.