Court Resets Case Management Conference for Nov. 8 in LinkedIn Fraud Case

The U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose vacated the June 14 case management conference in plaintiff LinkedIn’s fraud case and rescheduled it for Nov. 8 at 10 a.m. PST by telephone, said a text-only entry Wednesday (docket 5:23-cv-00110). LinkedIn’s case management statement, also Wednesday, suggested vacating the conference in light of the July 5 hearing set on its May 31 motion for default judgment against the remaining defendants, the TopSocial24 website and its owner Golam Mostafa. LinkedIn alleges the defendants sell “inauthentic engagement” on the platform, including fake followers, fake comments, fake likes and fake connections (see 2304260001). After admitting to operating TopSocial24 and “expressing contrition” for his unlawful actions, Mostafa “went silent and stopped responding to counsel’s outreach,” said LinkedIn, and that prompted the motion for default judgment (see 2306010002).