IN APPEAL BID, APP DEVELOPERS REDOUBLE ANTITRUST CLAIMS AGAINST FACEBOOK

Karimi & Associates Law Firm represents According to Reuters:

Three application developers urged a U.S. appeals court to revive their antitrust lawsuit against Facebook over its purchase of WhatsApp and Instagram, arguing the alleged harm they suffered from the deals entitles them to sue.

Facebook said in its court filing on Wednesday that the application developers’ “sole theory of harm from the years-ago acquisitions stacks speculation upon speculation.” The company in earlier filings in the appeal called the claims “a laundry list of stale grievances.”

A showing of such harm is part of the early onramp for a case to move forward in court. Courts can dismiss a lawsuit without reaching the merits if a plaintiff is shown to not have standing.

Facebook is facing an array of antitrust lawsuits from private parties, in addition to state and U.S. government entities.

A Washington, D.C., federal judge last week declined to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit the U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed last year. On Jan. 14, a California judge said Facebook must face an antitrust lawsuit from users alleging deceptive data-privacy practices.

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