Listening now, man the judge is angry at Facebook. Asks plaintiffs to call for sanctioning them over their bad behavior in discovery. Also calls for the lawyers to also be sanctioned. Wow.
https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1491927028848898049
Judge Chhabria: "I want to invite the plaintiffs to invite to file motions for sanctions if they agree with me, and in any other areas where Facebook has engaged in sanctionable conduct. The partners in the pleading and Facebook should be jointly liable in the sanctions."
Judge Chhabria is saying the associates perhaps should not be sanctioned, but the partners should be. Perhaps to pay attorney costs for the other side. He's holding #BigLaw accountable.
I really can't emphasize how right @jason_kint has been about this hearing. It's explosive and the judge is extremely angry at Facebook and their fancy lawyers.
The Judge is saying that Facebook representative Sandeep Solanki is responsible for making all decisions on discovery, and if the firm refuses to make a decision "Facebook will be sanctioned." If they go back on a decision, "Facebook will be sanctioned."
Wow.
Wow.
This means Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg could be deposed multiple times by hostile plaintiff attorneys, and the judge isn't going to be nice about it. If I'm Zuckerberg I'm not happy with my lawyers.
https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1491938335543156742
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