Meta Denied Posttrial JMOL, Decertification Motions In Period App Privacy Suit

( September 18, 2025, 8:29 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Rejecting an attempt by Meta Platforms Inc. “to overturn just about everything related to the verdict” in a trial over its purported eavesdropping and data collection from an ovulation-tracking app in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), a California federal judge denied the social media operator’s motions for judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) and to decertify the class of app users....