Facebook Can’t Quash Investor Suit Over Cambridge Analytica Data

Facebook Inc. failed to shake off a shareholder suit filed in California state court alleging misappropriation and unauthorized use of Facebook users’ personal information, after the Northern District of California found its ruling in a prior action doesn’t bar the claims.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in March 2019 dismissed similar claims after finding Facebook’s forum selection clause required they be filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery.

But the court here declined to issue a permanent injunction barring the claims filed in the California Superior Court for the County of San Mateo as an ...