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New Mexico Stalls Facebook's $725M Data Harvesting Deal

Law 360

A California federal judge Thursday held off granting preliminary approval to Facebook's $725 million settlement resolving multidistrict litigation over the Cambridge Analytica data scandal after New Mexico's counsel questioned whether it releases that state's claims, but the judge indicated this "small question" is unlikely to hold up the "reasonable (..)

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Lawyer censured after calling governor ‘tyrant’ and lawmakers ‘spineless tools’ in COVID-19 litigation

ABA Journal

A New Mexico lawyer has received a public censure partly for “inflammatory and misleading statements” in litigation opposing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, including a claimed right…

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Opinion analysis: Court sides with New Mexico over Texas in interstate water dispute

SCOTUSBlog

New Mexico on Monday, ruling in New Mexico’s favor in an interstate water dispute over the Pecos River. Although both cases ended badly for Texas within days of each other, the Supreme Court – which has decided many interstate water cases – at least reached the merits of the Pecos litigation. The decision.

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Lawsuit: New Mexico Prison Guards Beat Inmate After Mistaking Dentures for Contraband

LegalReader

Marvin Silva was beaten so badly he was later hospitalized with broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and major spleen damage.

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$725M Meta Data Harvesting Deal Holds Over State Concerns

Law 360

A California federal judge has denied New Mexico's bid to intervene in litigation stemming from Facebook's involvement in the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal but postponed preliminary approval of Meta's $725 million deal to end the claims over concerns that states might be precluded from pursuing separate financial damages.

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New Mexico Facing Another Lawsuit for Mishandling Abused Children

LegalReader

State agency accused of returning children to abusive parents.

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New Mexico’s AG Balderas Hopes Legislators Spend Wisely

LegalReader

New Mexico is set to receiving large opioid litigation payouts and will have to decide how the money is spent.