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    LightHouse Films signs director Antoine Pai

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    NEW YORK --

    Creative video agency and commercial production company LightHouse Films–headed by owner/EP Thibaut Estellon–has signed director Antoine Pai for exclusive representation in the North American market. Based in Paris, Pai will bring his blend of modern style and technical skills to craft both film and digital projects for LightHouse Films.

    The creative chameleon Pai will bring his unique multi-cultural directing and language skills (in addition to English and French, he also speaks Chinese and Spanish) to the team. As a director, he first gained notice with his short film “Paris Through Pentax,” which hit the web with more than 600,000 views in its first few days. 

    After graduating from business school, Pai began to work with agencies in Paris, where he landed a commercial directing job for Lancôme. From there, his career took off, leading to projects for major brands, such as Nestle, Lacoste, Maison Martin Margiela and Armani.

    “What really struck me was the fact that LightHouse Films represents directors with distinct styles, and works with a diversity of clients,” said Pai, “I’m an active, hands-on director, and LightHouse offers me the support, resources and opportunities to continue working this way.”

    Since joining LightHouse Films, he has already directed a digital campaign for Stella Artois for ad agency 360i, and is about to embark on two high-profile luxury brand projects, including a shoot for Givenchy and a campaign for Lancôme, starring Lily Collins.

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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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