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A California jury awarded a $6 million verdict against Meta and Google in a social media addiction lawsuit.
A New Mexico jury awarded a $375 million verdict against Meta in a social media addiction lawsuit.
Eric Goldman predicts that social media platforms will change substantially in the next few years due to pressure from litigation and new state laws.
The legal theory from social media addiction lawsuits, which argues that services are designed to addict users and cause harm, is being applied to other internet sectors like generative AI, video games, and social gaming.
The U.S. Supreme Court is likely to take a case to decide whether states or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission should regulate prediction markets.
In a 2-to-1 decision, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the CFTC, not the state of New Jersey, has regulatory authority over the Calci platform.
The CFTC recently sued Connecticut, Arizona, and Illinois to prevent them from regulating prediction market products as gambling.
The Endangered Species Committee, known as the "God Squad," voted unanimously to exempt all oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed that pending environmental litigation is a threat to oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico and a matter of national security.
Meta has begun removing advertisements from Facebook and Instagram placed by trial lawyers who are recruiting clients for lawsuits against the company.
Eric Goldman believes Section 230 provides a solid basis for social media companies to appeal recent addiction lawsuit verdicts.
The plaintiffs' legal teams in the social media addiction lawsuits are extraordinarily well-funded, similar to the litigation against the tobacco industry.