Judge consolidates class actions alleging Facebook used info from private messages

Published April 22, 2014 11:45pm ET



OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – An order granting the consolidation of related actions and appointing interim counsel has been filed in a lawsuit against Facebook alleging privacy concerns.

The order, which was filed April 15 in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California, states that Campbell v. Facebook and Shadpour v. Facebook will be consolidated and named Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, Carney Bates & Pullman and Pomerantz LLP as interim class counsel.

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