Adkins v. Facebook, Inc.

  1. August 08, 2019

    Facebook Users Target Execs' Docs In Data Breach Discovery

    Facebook users suing the social media giant for negligence over a data breach that affected 50 million user accounts asked a California federal magistrate judge Thursday to force Facebook to hand over documents held by senior executives concerning security audits.

  2. July 01, 2019

    Facebook's Discovery Bid In $500M Data Breach Suit Nixed

    A California federal magistrate judge on Monday shot down Facebook's bid for discovery from a dozen users who aren't named plaintiffs in a $500 million consolidated data breach class action, an effort the plaintiffs' attorneys challenged as a bid to "harass and punish."

  3. June 21, 2019

    Facebook Wins Trim Of Most Data Breach Claims, For Now

    A California federal judge on Friday granted in part and denied in part Facebook's attempt to kill consolidated litigation over a data breach that affected nearly 50 million of its user accounts, cutting the bulk of users' claims but giving both named plaintiffs leave to amend.

  4. June 14, 2019

    Facebook Will Cough Up Data Analysis Docs In Breach Suit

    A California federal magistrate judge on Friday formalized Facebook's agreement to provide a proposed class of consumers with documents detailing the data analysis the company conducted to determine who was affected by a breach that hit nearly 50 million accounts.

  5. March 15, 2019

    Facebook Slams Users' 'Speculative Tale' In Data Breach Suit

    Facebook on Thursday asked a California federal judge to kill consolidated litigation over a data breach that affected nearly 50 million of its user accounts, arguing that the users "spin a speculative tale" in their complaint, lack standing and suffered no real harm.