Data Privacy,
Civil Litigation
Nov. 16, 2021
Facebook executives emails subject to discovery, says special master
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria granted Monday a request from JAMS neutral Daniel Garrie to be exempted from PACER user fees. He concluded “public access to information will be promoted if he has free access to the entire docket in this case” because “Garrie is performing a public function as special master in this case.”
Communications from Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg will be subject to discovery in a lawsuit over letting third parties such as political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica access users' private data, according to court documents unsealed on Sunday.
The Facebook executives likely "possess unique, relevant information because they were key decision-makers related to issues at the heart o...
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