Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Foxx v. Facebook (In re Facebook, Inc., Consumer Privacy User Profile Litig.)
District Court, N.D. California
Decided January 29, 2019No. MDL No. 2843; Case No. 18-md-02843-VC; Case No. 18-cv-06486-VCPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VINCE CHHABRIA, United States District Judge
The question presented by this motion is whether a lawsuit against Facebook, filed in Illinois state court by the Cook County State's Attorney, asserting violations of Illinois law and seeking civil penalties along with statewide injunctive relief, was properly removed to federal court. The answer is no.
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In 2018, the media reported that Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm, had obtained personal data on millions of Facebook users and exploited those data in connection with the 2016 presidential campaign. In response, dozens of…
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