Further Consolidation of Meta Copyright Cases in California
Summary
On July 5, 2024, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria (N.D. Cal.) consolidated the Huckabee copyright case against Meta, which was originally filed in the Southern District of New York in October 2023 and transferred to the Northern District of California in December 2023, with the other consolidated copyright cases, Kadrey and Chabon. Several of the individual plaintiffs, including Mike Huckabee and Michael Chabon, voluntarily dismissed their claims with prejudice and the remaining plaintiffs are amending the complaint to reflect this, but may not add material or substantive allegations.
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