Texas Man Opposes California Centralization Of Facebook Data-Sharing Suits

Mealey's (April 9, 2018, 11:50 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Opposing a motion seeking consolidation in California of the growing tally of class actions over the recently revealed incident in which millions of Facebook Inc.’s users’ profile information was shared with a third-party analytics firm, a Texas man on April 5 filed a brief in the Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) suggesting that his home state would make a better venue (In re Facebook User Profile Litigation, No. 2843, JPMDL)....