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IN RE: SOCIAL MEDIA ADOLESCENT ADDICTION/PERSONAL INJURY PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION
Case Number:
4:22-md-03047
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Multi-district Litigation, Class Action
Judge:
Firms
- Adamski Moroski
- Andrus Anderson
- Aylstock Witkin
- Bailey & Glasser
- Baird Mandalas
- Bannister Wyatt
- Baron & Budd
- Beasley Allen
- Bergman Oslund
- Bifferato Firm
- Bleichmar Fonti
- Boesen Law
- Bruster PLLC
- C.A. Goldberg PLLC
- Carella Byrne
- Carney Kelehan
- Coblentz Patch
- Cooper & Kirk
- Cotchett Pitre
- Covington & Burling
- DiCello Levitt
- Dillon McCandless
- Dinsmore & Shohl
- Dugan Law Firm
- Durham Pittard
- Elrod Pope
- Elsberg Baker
- English Lucas
- Faegre Drinker
- Fayard & Honeycutt
- Frantz Law Group
- Gainsburgh Benjamin
- Gibbs Law Group
- Gibson Dunn
- Girard Sharp
- Goza & Honnold
- Hach Rose Schirripa
- Haliczer Pettis
- Hendy Johnson
- Heninger Garrison
- Himes Petrarca
- Holland & Hart
- Irwin Fritchie
- Keller Rohrback
- Kessler Topaz
- Ketterer Browne
- King & Spalding
- Kirton McConkie
- Kopelowitz Ostrow
- Kronenberger Rosenfeld
- Law Office of Joseph C. Tann
- Levin Legal Group
- Levin Papantonio
- Levin Sedran
- Lieff Cabraser
- Lynch & Pine
- Marc J. Bern & Partners
- Mayer Brown
- Mehri & Skalet
- Morgan Lewis
- Morrison Foerster
- Motley Rice
- Munger Tolles
- Nachawati Law Group
- Napoli Shkolnik
- Outten & Golden
- Papetti Samuels
- Pendley Baudin
- Pessin Katz
- Pfeifer Morgan
- Plymale Law Firm
- Poulin Willey
- Riley Safer
- Robbins Geller
- Robert Peirce & Associates
- Ron Austin Law
- Savage Royall
- Schochor & Staton
- Seeger Weiss
- Shadoan Michael
- Shook Hardy
- Simmons Hanly
- Skadden Arps
- Social Media Victims Law Center
- Southern Med Law
- Starnes Davis
- Stavrinakis Law Firm
- Strom Law Firm
- Taylor & Gomez
- Taylor Porter
- Terrell Hogan
- Troutman Pepper
- Wagstaff & Cartmell
- Ward Black Law
- Waters Kraus
- Weitz & Luxenberg
- Williams & Connolly
- Wilson Sonsini
- Wolff Ardis
- Wyche PA
Companies
- Alphabet Inc.
- ByteDance Ltd.
- Cache County School District
- Discord Inc.
- Google LLC
- Instagram Inc.
- Jefferson County School District
- Meta Platforms Inc.
- Miami-Dade County Public Schools
- Roblox Corp.
- TikTok Inc.
- YouTube Inc.
Government Agencies
Sectors & Industries:
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October 27, 2023
Social Media MDL Judge Asks: Can Mental Harm Be Physical?
The California federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation on Friday wondered why the addiction that social media platforms like Meta's Facebook and Instagram are alleged to cause to teenagers' mental health can't be considered physical.
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August 16, 2023
Social Media Cos. Say CDA Blocks Mental Health Claims
The companies behind Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Snap are urging a California federal court to throw out claims in multidistrict litigation alleging their sites are responsible for negative mental health effects, saying the Communications Decency Act and the First Amendment block the claims.
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July 26, 2023
Parents Say Social Media MDL Attacks Conduct, Not Content
Parents who are alleging in multidistrict litigation that social media platforms — such as Facebook, SnapChat and YouTube — use algorithms that cause addiction and other mental health problems in teens told a California federal judge Tuesday that they're targeting the platforms' behavior, not content protected under federal law.
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July 05, 2023
Personal Injury, Med Mal Cases To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2023
Pretrial proceedings for E. Jean Carroll's defamation case against former President Donald Trump and a California Supreme Court case over whether employers can be sued for "take-home COVID" claims are among the cases injury and malpractice attorneys will be following in the second half of 2023.
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July 05, 2023
Social Media Claims Try To 'Create New Tort Law,' Cos. Say
The parent companies of social media platforms such as Facebook, SnapChat and YouTube recently told a California federal court that claims the algorithms on their platforms cause addiction and other mental health problems are unprecedented and no court has ever allowed them.
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July 05, 2023
Product Liability Cases To Watch: 2023 Midyear Report
A challenge to a decades-old decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve an abortion drug has ramifications for product liability cases involving federal agency decisions, and the first talc trial since Johnson & Johnson placed a subsidiary in bankruptcy may influence whether other claimants opt to accept an $8.9 billion settlement.
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June 29, 2023
Cos. Argue Social Media Immunity From Mental Health Claims
The companies behind Facebook, YouTube and other social media platforms are urging a California federal court to throw out claims in multidistrict litigation seeking to hold them liable for harm to young users, saying the claims are barred by federal law granting immunity to the publishers of third-party content online, as well as the First Amendment.
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May 24, 2023
Social Media MDL's Bold Theory Echoed In US Health Alert
A high-profile warning from the federal government's top doctor about social media harming America's youth echoes core components of sprawling litigation targeting Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and other platforms, including a controversial theory that could substantially broaden the boundaries of personal injury law.
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May 24, 2023
Meta Product Liability Case Remanded To Conn. State Court
A judge has remanded to Connecticut Superior Court a lawsuit that accuses Meta Platforms Inc. and Snapchat of operating defective products that exposed a child to mental and physical harm, including sexual assault, because they do not verify the age of their users.
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April 18, 2023
Social Media Is Not A Product, Tech Cos. Tell MDL Judge
The parent companies of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube have asked a California federal judge to toss multidistrict litigation claiming they caused addiction and mental health problems in young users, arguing that the platforms can't be considered products for purposes of a product liability claim.
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