Magistrate Denies AGs’ Bid To Stay Discovery Order In Social Media Addiction MDL

( October 16, 2024, 1:52 PM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A California federal magistrate judge on Oct. 15 denied a motion by state attorneys general to stay a discovery order in a product liability multidistrict ligation over the purported addictive qualities for adolescents of several of the largest social media platforms, finding that the attorneys general failed to show a likelihood of success on the merits or irreparable harm absent the stay....