August 12, 2026
A landmark federal trial in California over allegations that Meta social media platforms harm children's mental health is ready to begin after a jury was impaneled Wednesday — a selection process in which no prospective juror would say that Facebook or Instagram are safe for kids.
August 11, 2026
A California federal magistrate judge Monday ordered Meta Platforms Inc. to produce the "collaborator" and "viewer" metadata for dozens of trial exhibits ahead of a potential trillion dollar bellwether trial in social media addiction multidistrict litigation.
August 11, 2026
A potential trillion-dollar bellwether trial slated to begin Wednesday over states' claims that Meta's social media platforms harm the mental health of children and are intentionally designed to be addictive puts a lot on the line, with one legal expert calling the fight "existential" to the social media industry.
August 05, 2026
Social media companies are headed back to court over allegations that their platforms are designed to hook young people, while OpenAI faces claims that ChatGPT has meted out harmful health advice and helped users plan mass shootings. Here's what's on the radar for product liability for the rest of 2026.
August 04, 2026
The company behind TikTok settled three lawsuits brought by young people alleging the social media platform caused them mental health harm, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said Tuesday, although three other social media companies are still scheduled to go to trial in Los Angeles on the claims in October.
July 22, 2026
A Florida teenager on Wednesday withdrew his suit claiming that Meta Platforms Inc.'s social media products harm young users' mental health, walking away from the litigation five days before his bellwether trial was set to kick off in Los Angeles.
July 20, 2026
A California federal judge has denied Meta Platforms Inc.'s bid to exclude testimony from a damages expert offered by a coalition of 29 states from an upcoming trial in a suit alleging Facebook and Instagram are intentionally addictive.
July 17, 2026
A California federal judge overseeing an upcoming trial over states' social media addiction claims against Meta took issue with both sides' "extreme" penalty estimates during a pretrial hearing Friday, saying the states' $1.4 trillion proposal is "unreasonable," but Meta's $4 million estimate "is not even a slap on the hand."
July 15, 2026
A trial in a suit brought by 29 states accusing Meta's Facebook and Instagram of causing young people to become addicted and a third bellwether trial in the Uber sexual assault multidistrict litigation are among the cases injury and malpractice attorneys will be following closely in the second half of 2026.
July 08, 2026
The city of Boston said Wednesday it has joined the sweeping multidistrict social-media-addiction litigation against Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat.