In Re FACEBOOK INTERNET TRACKING LITIGATION

Filing 133

STATEMENT OF RECENT DECISION pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-3.d filed byPerrin Aikens Davis, Brian K. Lentz, Cynthia D. Quinn, Matthew J. Vickery. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A)(Related document(s) #101 ) (Straite, David) (Filed on 6/27/2016)

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Frederic S. Fox (admitted pro hac vice)
David A. Straite (admitted pro hac vice)
KAPLAN FOX & KILSHEIMER LLP
850 Third Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

Stephen G. Grygiel (admitted pro hac vice)
SILVERMAN THOMPSON
SLUTKIN WHITE LLC
201 N. Charles Street, 26TH Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Laurence D. King (206423)
Mario Choi (243409)
KAPLAN FOX & KILSHEIMER LLP
350 Sansome Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION

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No. 5:12-md-02314-EJD
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IN RE: FACEBOOK, INC. INTERNET
TRACKING LITIGATION

PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE OF RECENT
DECISION; REQUEST FOR LEAVE
N.D. Cal. L.R. 7-3(d)

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PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE OF RECENT DECISION; REQUEST FOR LEAVE
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On January 14, 2016, Defendant Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”) filed a Motion to Dismiss

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Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint (“Motion”) [Dkt. 101]. On April

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28, 2016, this Court heard argument on the Motion and took the matter under submission [Transcript,

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Dkt. 123]. On May 20, 2016, the Court granted permission to submit supplemental briefing related to

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the Supreme Court decision Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 136 S. Ct. 1540 (2016) [ECF No. 126].

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Supplemental Spokeo briefing concluded on June 10, 2016.

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Earlier today, June 27, 2016, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion which is

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relevant to the Motion and to the supplemental Spokeo briefing. See generally In re: Nickelodeon

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Consumer Privacy Litig., No. 15-1441, Opinion of the Court (3d Cir., Jun. 27, 2016) (hereinafter

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“Nickelodeon”), slip opinion attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Nickelodeon court noted that its earlier

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decision in In re Google Inc. Cookie Placement Consumer Privacy Litig., 806 F.3d 125 (3d Cir. 2015)

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(hereinafter “Google Cookie Placement”) addressed many privacy law issues, and “[t]his case

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addresses still more.” Slip Op. at 7.

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The Nickelodeon court discussed whether plaintiffs had Article III standing in light of Spokeo

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and whether Google Cookie Placement’s standing analysis remained good law. See Slip Op. at 20-25.

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The court’s discussion relates to defendant’s discussion of standing in the Motion, see Motion at 7-10;

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the plaintiffs discussion in the brief in opposition to the Motion dated February 18, 2016 at 4-9 [ECF

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No. 104-4]; defendant’s discussion in the reply brief dated March 10, 2016 at 2-5 [ECF No. 109];

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defendant’s discussion in its opening Spokeo brief dated May 31, 2016 at 5 [ECF No. 128]; plaintiffs’

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response Spokeo brief dated June 10, 2016 at 5 [ECF No. 132]; and defendant’s response Spokeo brief

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dated June 10, 2016 at 3 [ECF No. 131].

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Plaintiffs respectfully seek leave to provide this decision as supplemental authority for the
Court’s consideration when deciding the Motion.

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[signatures on following page]

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Dated: June 27, 2016

Respectfully submitted,

KAPLAN, FOX & KILSHEIMER LLP

SILVERMAN, THOMPSON, SLUTKIN &
WHITE LLC

By:
/s/ David A. Straite
Frederic S. Fox (admitted pro hac vice)
David A. Straite (admitted pro hac vice)
850 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

By: /s/ Stephen G. Grygiel
Stephen G. Grygiel (admitted pro hac vice)
201 N. Charles St., #2600
Baltimore, MD 21201
Telephone [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Interim Co-Lead Counsel
Laurence D. King (206423)
Mario Choi (243409)
350 Sansome Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
Interim Co-Lead Counsel

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ATTESTATION OF E-FILED SIGNATURE

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I, David A. Straite, court-appointed interim lead counsel for the proposed Class, am the ECF

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User whose ID and password are being used to file the foregoing. In compliance with Civil L.R. 5-

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1(i)(3), I hereby attest that Stephen Grygiel has concurred in this filing.

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/s/ David A. Straite

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