Legal Opinion

In re Facebook, Inc., PPC Advertising Litigation

District Court, N.D. California

Decided April 13, 2012No. C 09-3043 PJHPublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification came on for hearing before this court on March 7, 2012.1 Plaintiffs appeared by their counsel Jonathan Shub, R. Alexander Saveri, Rosemary Rivas, Julie Miller, and J. Paul Gignac. Defendant Facebook, Inc. (“Face-book”) appeared by its counsel Michael Rhodes and Whitty Somvichian. Having read the parties’ papers and carefully considered their arguments, the court hereby DENIES the motion.

BACKGROUND

Facebook operates a popular social networking website, vnvw.facebook.com, on…

2Cases cited31 opinions

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