IN RE: SOCIAL MEDIA ADOLESCENT ADDICTION/PERSONAL INJURY PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION
Case Number:
4:22-md-03047
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Multi-district Litigation, Class Action
Judge:
Firms
- Holland & Hart
- Phillips McLaughlin
- Whitney Thompson & Jeffcoach
- Bailey & Glasser
- Clement & Murphy
- Fayard & Honeycutt
- Cutter Law PC
- Williams & Connolly
- Simmons Hanly
- Saltz Mongeluzzi
- Felhaber Larson
- Ropers Majeski
- Wilson Sonsini
- Motley Rice
- Dillon McCandless
- Covington & Burling
- Wolff Ardis
- Morrison & Foerster
- Morgan & Morgan PA
- Dentons
- Baker Botts
- Terrell Hogan
- Bifferato Firm
- Bruster PLLC
- Southern Med Law
- Himes Petrarca
- Ward Black Law
- Garcia & Artigliere
- Kopelowitz Ostrow
- Shadoan Michael
- Outten & Golden
- Olson Remcho
- Elrod Pope
- Smith Katzenstein
- Kiesel Law
- Levin Sedran
- Morgan Lewis
- Davis Polk
- Levin Papantonio
- Law Office of Joseph C. Tann
- Panish Shea
- Savage Royall
- CohenMalad
- Pfeifer Morgan
- Singleton Schreiber
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Robert Peirce & Associates
- Kessler Topaz
- Milberg PLLC
- Seeger Weiss
- Skarzynski Marick
- Kaufman Dolowich
- Girard Sharp
- Coblentz Patch
- Gibbs Mura
- BraunHagey & Borden
- Fields Han
- Brockstedt Mandalas
- Levy Firestone
- Lockridge Grindal
- Boies Schiller
- Waters Kraus
- TimberlakeSmith
- Walkup Melodia
- Kirton McConkie
- Kennedys Law LLP
- Pendley Baudin
- Stavrinakis Law Firm
- Stamoulis & Weinblatt
- Haliczer Pettis
- Nelson Mullins
- Starnes Davis
- Kronenberger Rosenfeld
- Schochor Staton
- Wilentz Goldman
- English Lucas
- Law Offices of David Berg
- Heninger Garrison
- Protectus Law
- Taylor Porter
- Cooper & Kirk
- Berney & Sang
- Oslund Udo
- Plymale Law Firm
- Munger Tolles
- DiCello Levitt
- Simmons Hanley Conroy
- The Dudenhefer Law Firm
- Law Offices of Charles H. Johnson
- Skadden Arps
- HJV Car Accident Personal Injury Lawyers
- Balaguer Milewski
- Karsman McKenzie
- Boesen Law
- Lynch Carpenter
- Papetti Samuels
- Griffin Humphries
- Davis & Crump
- Gibson Dunn
- Davis Sturges
- Social Media Victims Law Center
- Wyche PA
- Shook Hardy
- Lyles & Associates
- Andrus Anderson
- Strom Law Firm
- Goza & Honnold
- Selendy Gay
- Proskauer Rose
- Haynes Boone
- Napoli Shkolnik
- Olson Grimsley
- Campbell Conroy
- Carella Byrne
- Much Shelist
- Robbins Geller
- Anapol Weiss
- Clyde & Co
- King & Spalding
- Adamski Moroski
- Lanier Law Firm
- Frederick M. Lehrer Attorney at Law
- McKool Smith
- C.A. Goldberg
- Faegre Drinker
- Fenwick & West
- Ron Austin Law
- Robins Kaplan
- WilmerHale
- Blank Rome
- Lieff Cabraser
- Keller Rohrback
- Dinsmore & Shohl
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Kaufhold Gaskin
- Lynch & Pine
- Holwell Shuster
- Elsberg Baker
- Keller Postman
- Frazer PLC
- Farella Braun
- Riley Safer
- Starn O'Toole
- Dugan Law Firm
- McCormick & Priore
- Bannister Wyatt
- Durham Pittard
- Aylstock Witkin
- Wagstaff & Cartmell
- Robinson Calcagnie
- Carney Kelehan
- Mehri & Skalet
- Sbaiti & Company
- Irwin Fritchie
- Levin Legal Group
- Cotchett Pitre
- Pessin Katz
- Taylor & Gomez
- Ruggeri Parks
- Chaffin Luhana LLP
- Harrison Davis Morrison
- Beasley Allen
- Weitz & Luxenberg
- Nurenberg Paris
- Schlichter Bogard
- Clark Hill
- Frantz Law Group
- Ketterer Browne
- Stranch Jennings
- Poulin Willey
- Mara Law Firm
- Baron & Budd
- Marc J. Bern & Partners
- Hersel Law Firm
- Mayer Brown
Companies
- Allianz SE
- Arch Capital Group Ltd.
- Concord
- Los Angeles Unified School District
- Canopius US Insurance Inc.
- Cassopolis Public Schools
- Phoenix Union High School District
- Dallas Independent School District
- Detroit Public Schools Community District
- Tri-Valley Corp.
- Miami-Dade County Public Schools
- Spectrum Management Holding Co.
- Starr International Co. Inc.
- Tinuiti
- Richland School District Two
- Leander Independent School District
- TikTok Inc.
- Alphabet Inc.
- The New York Times Co.
- YouTube Inc.
- Roblox Corp.
- Great American Insurance Co.
- Brownsville Independent School District
- Solvay SA
- Meta Platforms Inc.
- AXA XL Ltd.
- Clear Creek Independent School District
- Cache County School District
- Google LLC
- Discord Inc.
- NYC Health and Hospitals Corp.
- ByteDance Ltd.
- Instagram Inc.
- Nassau County School District
- Apache Inc.
- Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.
- Old Republic Insurance Co.
- Zurich Insurance Group AG
- Jefferson County School District
- Fort Wayne Community Schools
Government Agencies
- California Department of Health Care Services
- State of Indiana
- California Office of the Governor
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
- New Jersey Department of Education
- Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
- State of Michigan
- Nooksack Indian Tribe
- California Department of Public Health
- New Jersey Department of Treasury
- Tucson Unified School District
- California Department of Consumer Affairs
- California Department of Finance
- California Health and Human Services Agency
- City of New York
Sectors & Industries:
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