Facebook Appeals Wiretap Act Lawsuit To The U.S. Supreme Court

Mealey's (December 3, 2020, 10:48 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Nov. 20 petition for certiorari, Facebook Inc. faults the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for reviving a class claim against it under the Wiretap Act, arguing that because it provided content to websites that feature its plug-ins, it was a party to related communications and, therefore, did not wrongly intercept any communications under the statute (Facebook Inc. v. Perrin Aikens Davis, et al., No. 20-727, U.S. Sup.)....