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    Film editor Mark Goldblatt elected to Academy Board of Governors

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    LOS ANGELES --

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that Oscar® nominee Mark Goldblatt (“Terminator 2: Judgment Day”) has won the runoff election for the open Film Editors Branch seat on the 2016–17 Board of Governors.  Goldblatt, who is returning to the Board after a one-year hiatus, joins incumbents Carol Littleton and Michael Tronick in representing the branch.

    Goldblatt and Oscar® nominee Maryann Brandon tied for the seat in the Board election last month, and Film Editors Branch members were asked to vote in the runoff via online or paper ballot.  This is the third time in Academy history that a tie occurred in the balloting.  Runoff elections were held in 2009 in the Directors Branch, and last year in the Writers Branch.  

    The Academy’s 17 branches are each represented by three governors, who may serve up to three consecutive three-year terms. The Board also includes three governors-at-large appointed by the Academy president.  The Board directs the Academy’s strategic vision, preserves the organization’s financial health, and assures the fulfillment of its mission. 

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    Supreme Court Allows Multibillion-Dollar Class Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against Meta

    Friday, November 22, 2024

    The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors' lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.

    The justices heard arguments in November in Meta's bid to shut down the lawsuit. On Friday, they decided that they were wrong to take up the case in the first place.

    The high court dismissed the company's appeal, leaving in place an appellate ruling allowing the case to go forward.

    Investors allege that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users' personal information would be misused by Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump 's first successful Republican presidential campaign in 2016.

    Inadequacy of the disclosures led to two significant price drops in the price of the company's shares in 2018, after the public learned about the extent of the privacy scandal, the investors say.

    Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the company was disappointed by the court's action. "The plaintiff's claims are baseless and we will continue to defend ourselves as this case is considered by the District Court," Stone said in an emailed statement.

    Meta already has paid a $5.1 billion fine and reached a $725 million privacy settlement with users.

    Cambridge Analytica had ties to Trump political strategist Steve Bannon. It had paid a Facebook app developer for access to the personal information of about 87 million Facebook users. That data was then used to target U.S. voters during the 2016 campaign.

    The lawsuit is one of two high court cases involving class-action lawsuits against tech companies. The justices also are wrestling with whether to shut down a class action against Nvidia.... Read More

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