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    Director Carlton Chase has left New York-headquartered Shooting Gallery Productions and is set to join bicoastal Morton Jankel Zander….Vienna-based co-directing team rad-ish, comprised of Moritz Friedel and Christophe Chruidmak, is about to join bicoastal Go Film….Director Noam Murro and executive producer Shawn Lacy Tessaro plan to start their own production company, Biscuit filmworks. New digs for the shop are currently under construction in Hollywood and should be finished towards the end of the year….Director Rent Sidon, formerly of Los Angeles-headquartered A Band Apart Commercials, has signed with bicoastal Shelter Films….Directors Sanji and Jayson Moyer have come aboard bicoastal Believe Media….The husband-and-wife directing team of Nick Brooks and Laura Kelly, a.k.a. Honey, has joined Los Angeles-based Squeak Pictures for spot representation….Animation house Olive Jar Studios, Boston and Los Angeles, has secured director Bruce Alcock and his Vancouver, B.C.-based studio, Global Mechanic, for exclusive U.S. representation. Alcock earlier served as creative director/co-founder of now defunct animation firm Tricky Pictures….Actor/director Blair Underwood has signed with Hollywood-based Blacktop Films for exclusive representation as a spot helmer….Director Brad Steward has joined Circle Productions, Vancouver, B.C, and Toronto….James Zolliecoffer has come aboard Saatchi & Saatchi LA, Torrance, Calif., as a multimedia specialist. Previously, he worked as a freelance editor and Henry artist in Southern California….Executive producer/head of production Adam Tronick has exited Los Angeles-based Event Horizon/Cronenweth Films…. New York-based editorial house Final Cut has added editor Carlos Arias….Editorial house Billy Williams Enterprises, New York, is changing its name to moondog edit….

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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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