No Crime-Fraud Exception For Meta Docs In Discovery Row
By Emily Field ( January 14, 2026, 5:37 PM EST) -- A California federal judge overseeing discovery in litigation against social media giants over their platforms' alleged harm to youth mental health has said the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege doesn't apply to certain Meta documents about its internal research on young users....
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