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U.S. Judge Vince Chhabria sanctioned Meta Platforms and its law firm, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
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The sanctions are for "delay, misdirection and frivolous arguments" in a data privacy lawsuit over the sharing of user information with third-parties.
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Judge Chhabria ordered Meta and Gibson Dunn to pay approximately $925,000.
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The judge criticized Gibson Dunn's handling of the case, stating that they mounted a bad-faith effort to obstruct the plaintiffs.
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Meta, Facebook's parent company, agreed to pay $725 million to settle the lawsuit last year.
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The lawsuit was sparked by revelations in 2018 that Facebook allowed Cambridge Analytica to access user data.
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The judge faulted Meta and its lawyers for claiming they only needed to produce certain internal documents in the case.
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The judge also accused Meta's legal team of delaying the production of documents related to an internal investigation.
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The case is IN RE: Facebook, INC. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation.
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Lawyers for the plaintiffs include Derek Loeser of Keller Rohrback and Lesley Weaver of Bleichmar Fonti, while Rosemarie Ring of Gibson Dunn represents Meta.