United States of America v. The Facebook account nini.sky.1
Filed: March 13, 2018 as 1:2018mc00180
Court: Illinois Northern District Court
Defendant: The Facebook account nini.sky.1
Plaintiff: United States of America
Nature of Suit: Other
BlackBerry Limited v. Facebook, Inc. et al
Filed: March 6, 2018 as 2:2018cv01844
Court: California Central District Court
Defendant: Facebook, Inc., Instagram, Inc., Instagram, LLC, WhatsApp Inc.
Plaintiff: BlackBerry Limited
Nature of Suit: Other
BlackBerry has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp alleging that Facebook and its subsidiaries have infringed on BlackBerry’s patents with regard to four features: (1) Security improvements; (2) user interface improvements for mobile devices; (3) the combination of mobile gaming and mobile messaging; and (4) battery efficient status updates for mobile devices. BlackBerry used to be leader in the smartphone market; its BlackBerry Messenger feature was once revered as innovative and effective but has since fallen in popularity and use.
Green v. YouTube, Inc. et al
Filed: March 5, 2018 as 1:2018cv00203
Court: New Hampshire District Court
Defendant: Facebook, Go Fund Me, Google Inc., Patreon, Twitter, YouTube, Inc.
Plaintiff: Isaac Green
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Weigel v. Facebook
Filed: March 1, 2018 as 2:2018cv00017
Court: Montana District Court
Defendant: Facebook
Plaintiff: Robert Alan Weigel
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Arunachalam v. Apple, Inc. et al
Filed: February 26, 2018 as 3:2018cv01250
Court: California Northern District Court
Defendant: Apple, Inc., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Facebook, Inc., Alphabet, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation, SAP America, Inc., JPMorgan Chase and Company, Fiserv, Inc., Wells Fargo Bank, Citigroup, CitiBank, Fulton Financial Corporation, Eclipse Foundation, Inc.
Plaintiff: Lakshmi Arunachalam, Ph.D.
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Bell v. Bank of America Corporate Financial Center et al
Filed: February 26, 2018 as 1:2018cv10369
Court: Massachusetts District Court
Defendant: Bank of America Corporate Financial Center, Bank of America Financial District, Bank of America Branch at Bell Circle, Bank of America Facebook Messenger- Social Media
Plaintiff: Shawn Bell
Nature of Suit: Banks and Banking
Bell v. Bank of America Corporate Financial Center et al
Filed: February 26, 2018 as 1:2018cv10366
Court: Massachusetts District Court
Defendant: Bank of America Corporate Financial Center, Bank of America Branch, Bank of America Social Media- Facebook Messenger
Plaintiff: Shawn Bell
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Godwin v. Facebook, Inc. et al
Filed: February 20, 2018 as 1:2018cv00410
Court: Ohio Northern District Court
Defendant: Facebook, Inc., Facebook Payments, Inc., Facebook Services, Inc., Atlas Solutions, LLC, Crowdtangle, Inc., Brenda D. Joiner-Haymon, XYZ Companies, John Does
Plaintiff: Debbie Godwin
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Palmucci v. Twitter, Inc., et al
Filed: February 14, 2018 as 1:2018cv01165
Court: Illinois Northern District Court
Defendant: Twitter, Inc., Google, LLC., Facebook, Inc.
Plaintiff: Mandy Palmucci
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Dolin v. Facebook, Inc.
Filed: February 14, 2018 as 3:2018cv00950
Court: California Northern District Court
Defendant: Facebook, Inc.
Plaintiff: Mark D. Dolin
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Rainsy v. Facebook, Inc.
Filed: February 8, 2018 as 3:2018mc80024
Court: California Northern District Court
Petitioner: Sam Rainsy
Respondent: Facebook, Inc.
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Former Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy is asking a federal court in the US to require Facebook to release information related to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s use of the social media platform.
Georgalis v. Facebook, Inc.
Filed: February 1, 2018 as 1:2018cv00256
Court: Ohio Northern District Court
Defendant: Facebook, Inc.
Plaintiff: Nicholas C. Georgalis
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Hanan Megalla et al v. Twitter, Inc. et al
Filed: January 25, 2018 as 3:2018cv00543
Court: California Northern District Court
Defendant: Twitter Inc., Google LLC, Facebook Inc.
Plaintiff: Hanan Megalla, Osama Megalla, Veronica Martinez, Abel Martinez
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
v. ORDA MANAGEMENT CORPORATION et al
Filed: January 5, 2018 as 1:2018cv00100
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: Orda Management Corporation, 225 Fourth, LLC, Facebook, Inc., JRM Construction Management, LLC
Plaintiff: Tosh Henderson
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
James Meyers v. Facebook, Inc.
Filed: January 4, 2018 as 3:2018cv00062
Court: California Northern District Court
Defendant: Facebook Inc.
Plaintiff: James Meyers
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Thomas v. Apple Inc. et al
Filed: January 4, 2018 as 3:2018cv00009
Court: Tennessee Middle District Court
Defendant: Apple Inc., Austin Peay State University-Board of Trustees, Brookdale Clarksville, Clarksville Police Department, Christian County Sheriff Department, Hopkinsville Police Department, City of, United States-U.S. Department of Defense, Enterprise Holdings, Inc., Facebook Inc., FedEx Corporation, Hertz Corporation, United States-U.S. Internal Revenue Service-Department of Treasury, United States InfraGard Organization, Jane M. Doe, Jane P. Doe, David Cooper, LiveSafe Inc., LRAD Corporation, Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Tennova Healthcare-Community Health Systems, Inc., United States-U.S. Department of Homeland Security, United States-U.S. Department of Justice, Pennyroyal Center, Raytheon Company, Snap Inc., T-Mobile Headquarters, Twitter, Wendy's Company, et al
Plaintiff: Wesley R. Thomas
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Castillo v. Facebook, Inc. et al
Filed: January 2, 2018 as 3:2018cv00004
Court: California Southern District Court
Defendant: Facebook, Inc., DOES 1-10
Plaintiff: Emma Castillo
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Bradley James Much v. United States of America et al
Filed: December 29, 2017 as 2:2017cv09292
Court: California Central District Court
Defendant: ABC Corporation, AT and T, Actors, Actresses and Media Personalities, Anthem, Apple, Inc., Asus Computer, Inc., Bank of America, Blue Shield of California, CVS Health, California Elected and Appointed Officials, Carpenter, Rothans and Dumont, City of Long Beach, City of Signal Hill, College Classmates, College Medical Center Long Beach, County of Los Angeles, Covered California, Creative Artists Agency LLC, Directv, Dr. Jennifer Dugan, Executives of The Walt Disney Company, Facebook, Inc., Federal Elected and Appointed Officials and Figures, Martha Forero, Fountainhead Holdings, Give Kids The World, Ruben Gonzalez, Google, Inc., Greenleaf Hotel, Health Advocates, LLC, Jane Doe, John Doe
and others
Plaintiff: Bradley James Much
Nature of Suit: Other
Demetrick Pennie, et al v. Twitter, Inc., et al
Filed: December 26, 2017 as 17-17536
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Defendant - Appellee: TWITTER, INC., GOOGLE, INC., FACEBOOK, INC.
Plaintiff - Appellant: DEMETRICK PENNIE, RICK ZAMARRIPA
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
DeLima v. YouTube, Inc. et al
Filed: December 21, 2017 as 1:2017cv00733
Court: New Hampshire District Court
Defendant: Blogspot.com, Facebook, Go Fund Me, Google, Inc., Patreon, Twitter, YouTube, Inc.
Plaintiff: Natasha DeLima
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights