March 14 Pretrial Conference Set on NetChoice’s Challenge to Ohio Social Media Law

The U.S. District Court for Southern Ohio in Columbus scheduled a telephonic preliminary pretrial conference for March 14 at 10 a.m. EDT before U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Preston Deavers on NetChoice’s challenge to Ohio’s Parental Notification by Social Media Operators Act, said a clerk’s hearing notice Tuesday (docket 2:24-cv-00047). The parties are required to file a Rule 26(f) report at least a week before the conference, said the notice. Monday’s opinion and order by U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley granted NetChoice’s motion for a preliminary injunction that, on constitutional grounds, blocks Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) from enforcing the statute (see 2402130041). The judge granted NetChoice a temporary restraining order against the statute a week before it was to take effect Jan. 15 (see 2401090062).