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In re: Perrin Davis, et al v. Facebook, Inc.

  1. August 07, 2020

    9th Circ. Won't Pause Facebook Wiretap Order For High Court

    Facebook can't pause a Ninth Circuit decision reviving claims that it unlawfully intercepted logged-out users' browsing histories while the social media giant appeals the issue to the U.S. Supreme Court, the federal appellate court ruled Friday.

  2. July 01, 2020

    Facebook Taking Row Over Wiretap Act's Reach To High Court

    Facebook is gearing up to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a Ninth Circuit ruling reviving claims that it unlawfully intercepted logged-out users' browsing histories, arguing that the dispute presents a chance to resolve a circuit split over whether companies can be held liable under federal wiretap law for receiving communications directly from unknowing users. 

  3. June 23, 2020

    Full 9th Circ. Won't Reconsider Facebook Wiretap Ruling

    The full Ninth Circuit on Tuesday shot down Facebook's request to reconsider a panel's ruling that users could move forward with several wiretap and privacy claims, refusing to take another look at the company's argument that the panel's finding conflicts with precedent and "fundamentally" alters the meaning of wiretapping.

  4. May 27, 2020

    Facebook Wants Full 9th Circ. To Reconsider Wiretap Ruling

    Facebook on Tuesday urged the full Ninth Circuit to reconsider a panel's ruling last month that users could move forward with several wiretap and privacy claims, arguing that the panel's finding "conflicts with precedent and fundamentally changes the definition of 'wiretapping.'"

  5. April 09, 2020

    9th Circ. Revives Wiretap Claims In Facebook Privacy Suit

    The Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that Facebook users accusing the company of unlawfully tracking browsing histories could move forward with several wiretap and privacy claims, but that they had failed to allege the necessary elements for three other allegations.

  6. March 11, 2020

    Facebook Says 9th Circ. Ruling Can't Help Users In Data Row

    Facebook users can't hold up a Ninth Circuit ruling in a separate privacy case as evidence their own wiretap claims should survive, the social media giant argued, saying the privacy case is completely different and shows why claims of unlawful browser data tracking should fail.

  7. April 03, 2019

    Facebook Users Say 9th Circ. Ruling 'No Help' In Privacy Row

    Several Facebook users have bashed the company's bid to use a recent Ninth Circuit standing decision to prove they lack the real-world harm necessary to revive their multidistrict litigation accusing it of unlawfully tracking people's browsing activity, saying the ruling offers the social media giant "no help." 

  8. September 21, 2018

    Facebook Users In 9th Circ. Stand By Privacy Claims

    Several Facebook Inc. users stood strong in their Ninth Circuit bid to revive multidistrict litigation accusing the social media giant of unlawfully tracking people's browsing activity after they sign out, asserting that the company's view that they deserve no recourse for its knowing deception defies "common sense and common decency."

  9. August 01, 2018

    Facebook Urges 9th Circ. To Keep Tracking Claims Buried

    Facebook has shot back at a bid to revive multidistrict litigation accusing the social media giant of unlawfully tracking people's browsing activity after they sign out, telling the Ninth Circuit the plaintiffs had failed to prove the alleged conduct caused them any actual harm or fell outside the parameters of its data privacy policies. 

  10. June 19, 2018

    Facebook Users Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Tracking Claims

    Several Facebook users urged the Ninth Circuit to breathe new life into multidistrict litigation accusing the social media giant of unlawfully tracking people’s browsing activity after they signed out, saying they deserve a remedy for misdeeds that led to widespread outrage, a congressional investigation and a Federal Trade Commission settlement.