Illinois Says It Should Not Be Part Of Consolidated Facebook Data-Sharing MDL

Mealey's (July 5, 2018, 1:57 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a June 29 motion, an Illinois state’s attorney asks the U.S. Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) to vacate its recently issued conditional order, as it relates to the state of Illinois, which consolidated lawsuits over Facebook Inc.’s recent data-sharing incident in a California federal multi-district litigation (MDL) (In re Facebook Inc., Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation, No. 2843, JPMDL)....