JPMDL Centralizes Facebook Data-Sharing Suits In California Federal Court

Mealey's (June 7, 2018, 10:04 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A growing list of class actions against Facebook Inc. over the sharing of millions of social network users’ personal data by a third-party app developer will be centralized in California federal court, the U.S. Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) ruled June 6, granting a motion to transfer by two of the plaintiffs (In re Facebook Inc., Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation, No. 2843, JPMDL)....