F.T.C. v. META PLATFORMS INC.

Case No. 5:22-cv-04325-EJD.

654 F.Supp.3d 892 (2023)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. META PLATFORMS INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California, San Jose Division.

Filed February 3, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam Michael Pergament , Andrew Lowdon , Anthony Saunders , Erika Meyers , Ernest Eric Elmore , James Harris Weingarten , Joshua M. Goodman , Justin Epner , Kristian Rogers , Lincoln Mayer , Michael Barnett , Peggy Femenella , Sean Hughto , Susan Musser , Timothy Patrick Singer , Abby Lauren Dennis , Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, Bradley Dax Grossman , Federal Trade Commission Office of the General Counsel, Washington, DC, Frances Anne Johnson , U.S. Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition, Washington, DC, Jeanine Balbach , Federal Trade Commission District of Columbia, Washington, DC, Erika Ruth Wodinsky , Federal Trade Commission, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff.

Aaron M. Panner , Pro Hac Vice, Alex Atticus Parkinson , Pro Hac Vice, Ana Nikolic Paul , Pro Hac Vice, Collin R. White , Pro Hac Vice, Daniel G. Bird , Pro Hac Vice, Evan Todd Leo , Pro Hac Vice, Jacob Edwin Hartman , Pro Hac Vice, James M. Webster, III , Pro Hac Vice, Julius Taranto , Pro Hac Vice, Kimberly Varadi Hamlett , Pro Hac Vice, Li Wei Vivian Dong , Pro Hac Vice, Mark C. Hansen , Hannah Carlin , Pro Hac Vice, Samuel A. Martin , Pro Hac Vice, Jared Beim , Pro Hac Vice, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel and Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Chantale Fiebig , Pro Hac Vice, Jeffrey H. Perry , Pro Hac Vice, Michael Moiseyev , Pro Hac Vice, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Washington, DC, Geoffrey M. Klineberg , Washington, DC, Molly Maureen Jennings , Pro Hac Vice, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, Bambo Obaro , Pro Hac Vice, Weil, Gotshal and Manges, Redwood Shores, CA, Diane P. Sullivan , Pro Hac Vice, Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP, Princeton, NJ, Elizabeth Y. Ryan , Pro Hac Vice, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Dallas, TX, Eric S. Hochstadt , Pro Hac Vice, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY, Sonal N. Mehta , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for Defendant Meta Platforms Inc.

Christopher J. Cox , Joseph Taylor Spoerl , Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Menlo Park, CA, Benjamin Frederick Holt , Pro Hac Vice, Charles A. Loughlin , Pro Hac Vice, Christopher Fitzpatrick , Pro Hac Vice, Daniel Tyler Mader , Pro Hac Vice, Jonathan Elsasser , Pro Hac Vice, Lauren Battaglia , Pro Hac Vice, Liam Phibbs , Pro Hac Vice, Logan Michael Breed , Pro Hac Vice, Eric Richard Sega , Pro Hac Vice, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Washington, DC, Jamie Lee , Pro Hac Vice, Columbia Square, Washington, DC, for Defendant Within Unlimited, Inc.

Adam R. Fox , Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant Lululemon Athletica, Inc.

Henry Bluestone Smith , NYS Office of the Attorney General, New York, NY, for Amici State of New York, State of Alaska, State of California, State of Connecticut, State of Delaware, State of Hawaii, State of Idaho, State of Maryland, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State of Minnesota, State of Mississippi, State of Montana, State of Nebraska, State of Nevada, State of New Jersey, State of New Mexico, State of North Carolina, State of North Dakota, State of Oregon, State of Rhode Island, State of Utah, State of Washington, District of Columbia, Territory of Guam, State of Illinois.


ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

Re: ECF Nos. 108, 164, 470

This action was brought by Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") to block the merger between a virtual reality ("VR") device provider and a VR software developer. Defendant Meta Platforms...

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