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U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco said in January that he would make a new determination to select one of the firms to lead the class action amid quarreling between Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. Part of the clash included a Hagens Berman partner accusing Quinn Emanuel of discounting her views based on her gender. Quinn Emanuel denied the allegation, calling it a \"mystery.\"
\"I have significant experience-based qualms about these multi-headed plaintiff-side structures,\" Donato said at a recent hearing in the case, as he heard about the dispute and wiped out a 2021 order by another judge who appointed both firms. \"You don't need them.\"
The underlying case involves class claims from consumers and advertisers that Facebook<\/a> exploited user data to maintain its market power. The company has denied the allegations from both sets of class plaintiffs.
The two law firms on Friday night submitted their pitches to Donato about why he should appoint them solely rather than jointly to lead the consumer class.
In its filing, Quinn Emanuel said partner Kevin Teruya was the \"architect of the consumer class's case.\" Hagens Berman in its submission questioned Quinn Emanuel's rates, suggesting they were too high.
Plaintiffs' firms routinely vie for court-appointed leadership roles in class actions, allowing them to steer litigation and potentially to recover bigger portions of legal fees in cases that settle or win at trial.
A representative from Hagens Berman did not immediately comment, and a Quinn Emanuel spokesperson declined to comment.
The lawyers who are seeking to lead the consumer class - Shana Scarlett of Hagens Berman and Teruya of Quinn Emanuel - did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
In court last month, Scarlett said \"this case has presented a set of circumstances where I feel that my voice has not been equally heard.\" Teruya said at the hearing that his firm has \"worked very hard to be cooperative with all counsel on the case, including female counsel.\"
Donato told the lawyers \"it sounds like it's been more than just honest differences of opinion.\"
Hagens Berman is a 80-lawyer plaintiffs' firm based in Seattle, and Los Angeles-based Quinn Emanuel, with more than 900 attorneys, represents plaintiffs while also defending companies in business litigation. Hagens Berman and Quinn Emanuel have been on opposite sides in other cases.
The case is Klein v. Meta<\/a> Platforms Inc, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, No. 5:20-cv-08570.
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美国地方法院法官James Donato在旧金山1月表示,他将做一个新的决心选择一个公司的领导集体诉讼在毫米之间的争吵伯曼Sobol夏皮罗和伊曼纽尔奎因厄克特&沙利文。冲突的一部分包括一个毫米伯曼伙伴指责奎因伊曼纽尔打折她的观点基于她的性别。奎因伊曼纽尔否认了这些指控,称这是一个“谜”。
“我有重要经验质疑这些多头plaintiff-side结构,“Donato在最近的一次听证会上说,他听说了争端,摧毁了2021年的订单,另一个法官任命为两家公司。“你不需要他们。”
涉及类的情况下从消费者和广告商脸谱网利用用户数据维护其市场力量。该公司否认了这些指控原告从两组类。
星期五晚上这两个律师事务所提交他们的音高Donato为什么他应该任命他们只而不是共同领导消费阶层。
在年报中,奎因伊曼纽尔说合伙人凯文Teruya是“消费阶层架构师的情况。”Hagens Berman in its submission questioned Quinn Emanuel's rates, suggesting they were too high.
原告公司经常争夺指定领导角色在课堂上的行为,使他们能够引导诉讼和潜在的恢复更大的部分法律费用的情况下,解决或赢得审判。
代表从毫米伯曼没有立即发表评论,和奎因伊曼纽尔的一位发言人拒绝置评。
律师寻求引导消费阶层——Shana斯佳丽毫米伯曼和奎因伊曼纽尔Teruya——没有立即回复寻求置评的消息。
在法庭上上个月,思嘉说:“这种情况下提出了一组的情况下我觉得我的声音同样没有听到。”Teruya said at the hearing that his firm has "worked very hard to be cooperative with all counsel on the case, including female counsel."
Donato告诉律师“它听起来像它不仅仅是诚实的意见的分歧。”
毫米伯曼是80 -律师原告公司位于西雅图,洛杉矶奎因伊曼纽尔,与900多名律师,代表原告,同时维护公司商业诉讼。毫米伯曼和奎因伊曼纽尔已经在其他情况下两侧。
该病例是克莱恩v。元平台公司,美国加州北区地方法院5 - cv - 08570。
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