Meta Platforms, TikTok and YouTube will face scrutiny in a trial in California Superior Court, Los Angeles County this week in what Reuters says is a test case for thousands of other lawsuits seeking damages for social media harms. The plaintiff is a 19-year-old woman from California, identified as K.G.M., who alleges the apps fueled…

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that a proposed consumer antitrust lawsuit against Google can move forward, rejecting the company’s bid to have it dismissed. The lawsuit accuses Google of illegally maintaining dominance in the online search market by striking business deals with device makers, carriers and browser developers to make its search engine the…

Brooke Radford, a former Baker McKenzie associate who was sued for defamation over a series of social media posts accusing Maurice Bellan, the firm’s Washington, D.C., managing partner, of sexual assault has brought her own lawsuit accusing Bellan of making “unwanted sexual advances.” Baker McKenzie “knew of this sexually harassing conduct and failed to take…

Supreme Court justices yesterday appeared skeptical of President Donald Trump’s efforts to sack Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook. Trump moved to fire Cook in August over accusations she committed mortgage fraud. Reuters says that skepticism was summarized most directly by ?conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh in an exchange with Solicitor General D. John Sauer, who had…

The Supreme Court will today hear arguments over President Donald Trump’s request to lift a lower court judge’s decision barring ?him from firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook while her legal challenge to the removal continues. Reuters says the justices may focus on Trump’s use of social media. In August, Trump posted to his Truth…