Jury Hits Meta and YouTube with $3 Million Compensatory Verdict in Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial
A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury has returned a verdict ordering Meta Platforms Inc. and Google’s YouTube to pay more than $3 million in compensatory damages for deliberately designing addictive social media platforms that caused severe mental health harm to a young woman during her preteen and teenage years. Jurors found that Meta was 70% responsible and YouTube 30% responsible.
Zeke DeRose Honored as Leading Global Antitrust Lawyer
Senior attorney Zeke DeRose of The Lanier Law Firm has been named to the list of Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers for 2026. Mr. DeRose was also honored last year in the publication’s inaugural edition.
Six Lanier Law Firm Attorneys Recognized Among Nation’s Top 500 Lawyers
This year’s list of the 500 Leading Lawyers in America, published by the Lawdragon guide to the legal profession, includes six attorneys from The Lanier Law Firm, each honored in the practice area of Plaintiff Mass Torts Litigation.
Renowned Attorney Mark Lanier Inducted into Lawdragon Leading Lawyers Hall of Fame
Iconic Houston trial lawyer Mark Lanier has been inducted into the Lawdragon Hall of Fame class of 2026.
Lanier Law Firm Representing Health Choice Alliance in Litigation Alleging Eli Lilly Offered Kickbacks to Texas Health Care Providers
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit in state court against Eli Lilly and Co., accusing the pharmaceutical giant of bribing and inducing medical providers to prescribe its most profitable drugs. In return, physicians were offered unlawful payments and a range of free services in violation of state law.
The Lanier Law Firm: LA-Area Residents Granted Class Certification for Environmental Contamination Claims
A U.S. District Court has granted class certification for thousands of homeowners in the San Fernando Valley neighborhoods of Canoga Park and Winnetka where testing has shown contamination of soil and groundwater with high levels of solvents from a nearby manufacturing facility.
Florida Homeowner Reaches Settlement in Phosphate Mining Radiation Case
A Polk County resident has reached a confidential settlement with Drummond Co. Inc. based on claims that the Alabama-based mining operator failed to warn him about dangerously high levels of radiation in his Grasslands neighborhood.
Six Lanier Law Firm Attorneys Honored Among State’s Top Young Lawyers
The Lanier Law Firm is pleased to announce that firm attorneys Jonathan Armour, Natalie Armour, Ryan Ellis, Caroline McLeod, Rebecca Phillips, and Christopher Phipps have been named among the state’s top young lawyers on the 2024 list of Texas Rising Stars. Published by Thomson Reuters, the guide recognizes only 5% of Texas attorneys who either are 40 years of age or younger or have been in practice for 10 years or less.
