‘This was a righteous case. A holy war': the lawyer who took on Meta and Google – and won

Mark Lanier and his client Kaley won a landmark LA courtroom victory, with the case arguing that major social media platforms function as “addiction machines” that harmed mental health. The decision increases legal and regulatory pressure on tech giants, though the article provides no quantified damages or explicit policy outcomes. Market impact is likely more reputational and overhang-driven than immediately earnings-material.

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Mark Lanier and his client Kaley won a landmark LA courtroom victory, with the case arguing that major social media platforms function as “addiction machines” that harmed mental health. The decision increases legal and regulatory pressure on tech giants, though the article provides no quantified damages or explicit policy outcomes. Market impact is likely more reputational and overhang-driven than immediately earnings-material.