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(Reuters) – Tuesday USA the judge USAof two well-known law firms Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) Facebookhas appointed co-leaders of the consumer lawsuit against , and said he hopes they will put aside the dispute over the antitrust case and oversight of the case. together.
Court by decision USAU.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco appointed Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan “with some reservations” given the past “heated relationship” between the two law firms.
“It is the expectation of the court that lawyers This designation is new of the day they will accept it as the beginning and leave behind the conflicts that caused these processes”, Donato wrote.
work, Facebookrefers to a group of consumers who claim that is using user data to protect its market power. The company denied the claims.
Law firms routinely compete for sole or joint leadership roles in high-profile class actions because such appointments by judges can help manage cases and help firms win larger discounts on legal fees.
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Hagens Berman partner Shana Scarlett and Quinn Emanuel partner Kevin Theroux, the two attorneys appointed to represent the potential consumer class, did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
Quinn Emanuel and Facebook representatives declined to comment, and a spokesman for Hagens Berman did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
Scarlett last court in her filings, Quinn said Emanuel did not respect her opinion as a leading antitrust attorney because of her gender.
Quinn Emanuel denied the claim, saying “the woman attorney including working hard to cooperate with all the attorneys in the case,” he said.
Both firms have since been taken to the US appeals court in 2021 judge was appointed as a co-consultant.
Donato comes amid a dispute between Seattle-based plaintiffs’ firm Hagens Berman and 900-lawyer Quinn Emanuel january started the appointment process from scratch.
Firms were not looking for joint management, but individual, single assignment.
In Tuesday’s order, Donato said the solidarity appointment was temporary and that “further reports of dysfunction or disruption in the working relationship” would result in the appointment of a new counsel.
The case Klein v. Meta Platforms Inc., U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, No. 5:20-cv-08570.
For the consumer class: Shana Scarlett of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro; To Kevin Theroux of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
For Facebook: Sonal Mehta, David Gringer and Ari Holtzblatt Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
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2023-02-22 01:07:37
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