Overview

• Meta shareholders’ derivative suit seeking $8 billion over board‐level failures in the Cambridge Analytica scandal was stayed after an undisclosed out-of-court settlement halted planned witness testimonies
• A Leipzig regional court ruled that Facebook’s use of its tracking pixel on third-party sites violated Article 82 of the GDPR and awarded user André Fricke €5,000 in non-material damages
• Meta has lodged an appeal against the Leipzig judgment, leaving the scope for similar individual claims in Germany pending review by higher courts
• The opposing outcomes underscore a split in Meta’s approach to U.S. governance litigation versus European privacy enforcement
• Legal experts warn the German ruling could spur mass claims by Facebook and Instagram users without requiring proof of specific personal harm