In re Facebook, Inc. Shareholder Derivative Privacy Litigation

  1. April 21, 2020

    Citing Zuckerberg's 'Iron Glove,' Facebook Investors Urge Trial

    Facebook investors have urged a California federal judge not to throw out their consolidated derivative suit against the tech giant over its management of the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal, saying their beefed up claims that CEO Mark Zuckerberg exercised extreme control over the company's board shouldn't be dismissed.

  2. February 19, 2020

    Facebook Again Seeks End to Cambridge Analytica Stock Suit

    Facebook told a California federal judge that a revised investor suit it faces still doesn't pass muster, claiming shareholders repeated an argument that was already rejected.

  3. August 02, 2019

    Facebook Looks To Halt State Suit Over Cambridge Analytica

    Facebook Inc. has accused shareholders of trying to sidestep a California federal judge’s dismissal of derivative claims over the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal by refiling them in state court.

  4. March 22, 2019

    Facebook Beats Most Cambridge Analytica Derivative Claims

    Facebook Inc.'s board of directors largely escaped a shareholder derivative suit over the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal Friday when a California federal judge ruled that the investors failed to show that board members were unable to make independent decisions, a key requirement of derivative suits.

  5. September 18, 2018

    Facebook Must Answer For Privacy Practices, Investors Say

    Investors urged a California federal judge on Monday to deny Facebook Inc.'s attempts to toss the suit filed against the social network's board of directors after the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal, arguing that the "barrage" of motions ignore and twist their allegations.

  6. August 13, 2018

    Facebook Wants Calif. Cambridge Analytica Suit Tossed

    Facebook Inc. on Friday urged a California federal court to dismiss five derivative suits filed by shareholders against the social network's board of directors after the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal, saying the investors have not shown that company brass were aware of the research firm's data siphoning.

  7. June 27, 2018

    Facebook Investor Can't Explain 'Beef' With Calif. Suits

    A California federal judge on Wednesday refused to let an investor who sued Facebook in Delaware intervene in five derivative suits pending in the Golden State over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, telling the investor he doesn't understand what her "beef" is with a proposed order consolidating the California cases.

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