Opening statements begin in the biggest consumer protection case in the US
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Opening statements in the states’ case against Meta begin today in Oakland.
The court seated a jury last week.
The trial should run about five weeks.
Twenty-nine state attorneys general brought the case in 2023.
Lawyers for California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey will argue it.
They allege that Meta designed Facebook and Instagram to […]
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