Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action to proceed against Meta
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Re: Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action to proceed against Meta
#2Really funny how the US Court system becomes really interested in cases as soon as shareholders file a lawsuit.
When people file a lawsuit, it is given due consideration because sending it down to the dumpster.
Re: Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action to proceed against Meta
#3Really funny how the US Court system becomes really interested in cases as soon as shareholders file a lawsuit. When people file a lawsuit, it is given due consideration because sending it down to the dumpster.
Alternatively the Supreme Court wants to issue an ruling that says invading people's privacy for profit, or to provide it to political parties, is legal and therefore not subject to lawsuits or legal challenges in future.
Re: Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action to proceed against Meta
#4Really funny how the US Court system becomes really interested in cases as soon as shareholders file a lawsuit. When people file a lawsuit, it is given due consideration because sending it down to the dumpster.
"Now, my caddie chauffeur didn't need to inform me that holding stock is where people put money that is properly invested, therefore a shareholder lawsuit involves the most heinous of crimes: Theft of money. And the others don't."
(Futurama ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns8z1RYf9mM&t=1m11s)
Re: Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action to proceed against Meta
#5Really funny how the US Court system becomes really interested in cases as soon as shareholders file a lawsuit. When people file a lawsuit, it is given due consideration because sending it down to the dumpster.
It's not funny, it's by design. Property owners and investors are usually given the most attention by courts because they matter more broadly speaking.
Re: Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action to proceed against Meta
#6Really funny how the US Court system becomes really interested in cases as soon as shareholders file a lawsuit. When people file a lawsuit, it is given due consideration because sending it down to the dumpster.
> When people file a lawsuit, it is given due consideration because sending it down to the dumpster
Broadly speaking, our post-War system of laws puts consumers at the top. Right below them, investors. Way below them, workers.
If you engage the legal and regulatory system properly as a consumer, you can move mountains. Even without a lawyer. As an investor, you typically need a lawyer, but with that hurdle met you're similarly powerful. As a worker, the system seems to presume you're SOL on arrival.
Re: Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action to proceed against Meta
#7Really funny how the US Court system becomes really interested in cases as soon as shareholders file a lawsuit. When people file a lawsuit, it is given due consideration because sending it down to the dumpster.
Alternatively the Supreme Court wants to issue an ruling that says invading people's privacy for profit, or to provide it to political parties, is legal and therefore not subject to lawsuits or legal challenges in future.
> Alternatively the Supreme Court wants to issue an ruling that (...)
According to the article, the supreme court actually declined to issue a ruling in this case. Curious if that causes you to update your beliefs in any manner.
Re: Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action to proceed against Meta
#8Really funny how the US Court system becomes really interested in cases as soon as shareholders file a lawsuit. When people file a lawsuit, it is given due consideration because sending it down to the dumpster.
> When people file a lawsuit, it is given due consideration because sending it down to the dumpster Broadly speaking, our post-War system of laws puts consumers at the top. Right below them, investors. Way below them, workers. If you engage the legal and regulatory system properly as a consumer, you can move mountains. Even without a lawyer. As an investor, you typically need a lawyer, but with that hurdle met you're…
> Broadly speaking, our post-War system of laws puts consumers at the top. Right below them, investors. Way below them, workers.
That is not true. Failure to pay employee salaries is a very easy way to pierce the corporate veil. It is not just you become another creditor like a consumer or a supplier would be.
Re: Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action to proceed against Meta
#9> Investors allege that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users’ personal information would be misused by Cambridge Analytica...
Anyone following this case and care to share their thoughts of how likely the plaintiffs are to prevail? Is the expectation that Meta will settle out of court?
Re: Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action to proceed against Meta
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
> When people file a lawsuit, it is given due consideration because sending it down to the dumpster Broadly speaking, our post-War system of laws puts consumers at the top. Right below them, investors. Way below them, workers. If you engage the legal and regulatory system properly as a consumer, you can move mountains. Even without a lawyer. As an investor, you typically need a lawyer, but with that hurdle met you're…
> Broadly speaking, our post-War system of laws puts consumers at the top. Right below them, investors. Way below them, workers. That is not true. Failure to pay employee salaries is a very easy way to pierce the corporate veil. It is not just you become another creditor like a consumer or a supplier would be.
> Failure to pay employee salaries is a very easy way to pierce the corporate veil
Legally, yes. Practically, many employers bounce paycheques and get away with it. It’s tedious to enforce worker rights in a way it isn’t for consumers. (In most states, you can get the AG basically working for you by copying their office on a complaint to the company.)