Seems a parent can never have a conversation with another adult without being interrupted by one of the kids. That again proves to be the case as two moms chat on the couch only to have a young son’s voice intervene, “Check out Toby’s new trick!”
At first the ladies keep talking but then the trick is brought to them as Toby, the family dog, comes into the living room–actually he’s more slowly sliding into the room, along the floor, wiping his backside on the carpet.
The mom freaks out, yelling at Toby to stop but to no avail.
Indeed it’s time to get the carpet cleaned by a Stanley Steemer.
“Toby’s New Trick” was directed by Bob Ebel of Ebel Productions, Chicago, for The Loomis Agency, Dallas.
Jason Schettler was Ebel’s exec producer with Marsie Wallach serving as producer. The DP was David Kessler.
The Loomis team included executive creative director/art director Mark Sullivan, creative director Mark Tuggle, associate creative director/art director Tina Tackett and producer Cathy King.
Offline editor was Bill Ebel of Ebel Productions.
Supreme Court Allows Multibillion-Dollar Class Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against Meta
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