Charter, Cox Oppose MDL Transfer Order: ISPs Not Named in Other Social Media Actions
Charter Communications and Cox Communications oppose conditional transfer order 17 (CTO-17) as it relates to Livingston Parish School Board v. Meta Platforms, transferred last month (see 2309010059) to Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation, said their Wednesday notice…
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(docket 3047) before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. The internet service provider defendants haven't been named as defendants in any of the cases previously consolidated into the MDL, “each of which targets the creators of social media platforms and similar software products, along with their affiliates,” said the notice. They don’t oppose transfer of the Livingston Parish action in general, but Charter and Cox plan to file a motion to vacate CTO-17 “to the extent it pertains to the claims against them, which should be separated and remanded to the transferor court,” the notice said. The Livingston Parish School Board also submitted a notice of opposition to CTO-17 Wednesday. In addition, four related actions were entered in the MDL in U.S. District Court for Northern California in Oakland Wednesday: Kimber v. Meta Platforms (docket 4:22-cv-06434), Napa Valley Unified School District v. Meta Platforms (docket 4:23-cv-02628), Twin Hills Public Schools v. Meta Platforms (docket 4:23-cv-03186) and Rojeski v. Meta Platforms (docket 4:23-cv-04509), said text-only notices.