Torts/Personal Injury
Oct. 27, 2025
Judge urges AI use in social media addiction litigation
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of Oakland urged attorneys general to use AI for jury instruction analysis in a Social Media Addiction MDL, criticized "gamesmanship," and moved the first bellwether trial to Oakland.
A federal judge in Oakland blasted counsel for "gamesmanship" and encouraged state attorneys general to use artificial intelligence to assist with jury instructions in a multidistrict litigation against social media companies accused of intentionally addicting young people to their platforms.
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers told Deputy Attorney General Megan O'Neill that the multiple states involved in the action should use AI to figure out if there are overlapping cla...
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