U.S. District Judge Edward Davila for Northern California in San Jose on Tuesday struck down Meta’s attempt to disqualify FTC Chair Lina Khan from the agency’s lawsuit against the company’s plans to buy Within Unlimited (docket 5:22-cv-04325) (see 2211010045).
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It’s vital for state attorneys general to band together in multistate investigations against tech platforms because it’s the only way to get proper relief, AGs from both parties said Wednesday in Washington, citing children’s privacy and antitrust.
A federal court should block Meta’s acquisition of Within Unlimited to allow the FTC to adjudicate whether the deal is unlawful in an administrative trial, the agency said Monday in a filing before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (docket 5:22-cv-04325). Meta said in its own filing that it opposes any FTC motion for preliminary injunction, arguing the agency’s competition claim is “fatally speculative,” and the two sides shouldn’t be subject to an administrative proceeding that could take years to resolve and jeopardize the deal.
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Publicly available emails "prove” Anthony Fauci communicated and acted as intermediary to censor information across multiple social media platforms, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana said Friday in an order granting the deposition of several high-ranking Biden administration officials in 3:22-CV-01213.
A federal judge on Friday was receptive to the FTC’s argument that Meta’s attempts to have Chair Lina Khan recused from a lawsuit against the company’s purchase of Within Unlimited should be settled at the agency level and not before the U.S. District Court for Northern California (see 2210190038).