23 States Allowed to File Amicus Brief Backing FTC Over Meta

U.S. District Judge Edward Davila for Northern California in San Jose signed an order Monday (docket 5:22-cv-04325) granting the motion for leave from 23 states, plus Washington, D.C., and Guam, to file an amicus brief supporting the FTC’s lawsuit to block Meta’s Within Unlimited buy. Davila's order said the Nov. 7 brief is "accepted as filed." The FTC supported the states’ motion, and Meta opposed it. The states urged the court in their brief to let the FTC “fully adjudicate” Meta’s Within acquisition by granting the injunction (see 2211080041).