Director Erik Moe has signed with Beverly Hills-based production house Villains for U.S. spot representation. He was previously handled by bicoastal/international @radical.media. Moe’s first assignment under the Villains banner is for Georgia Lotto via BBDO Atlanta. His credits include work for the NFL and Bud Light, among others.
Moe brings a mix of directing, agency creative and long-form helming/writing experience to his new roost. On the agency front, he served as a creative director at TBWAChiatDay, Los Angeles, and a copywriter at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco.
Moe has written long-form fare for Studios USA, Paramount Television, Universal Television, Brillstein Grey Entertainment, Comedy Central and Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video. He is currently writing a TV pilot with NBC Studios and Conan O’Brien’s Conaco Productions. The Los Angeles-based Moe began his filmmaking career at the age of twelve when he made a Super 8 movie that was featured on the television show Kidsworld.
Moe’s feature, No Sleep ’til Madison, won the Sundance Channel Emerging Filmmaker Award. He also wrote and directed Young Artie Feldman, a comedic short that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was featured at the American Film Institute and the L.A. County Museum of Art’s Young Directors Night.
Additionally, Moe is the author of Tales of a Young Urban Failure (Chronicle Books), a cartoon novel about life in the advertising industry.
Moe rounds out a Villains directorial roster comprised of Mona El Mansouri, David Johnson, Dewey Nicks, and Basil Schlegel. Company executive producer is Nancy Osborne.
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