Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Daily Docket: Social Media Adds 13 as AFFF and Hair Relaxer Follow

We tracked 84 new filings. The Social Media Adolescent Addiction Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation (3047) added 13, Motley Rice filing 4 and Brockstedt Mandalas Federico LLC filing 3. The Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Products Liability Litigation (2873) added 12, 8 personal-injury complaints and 4 property complaints, Clancy Fleishman LLP filing 5 of the injury complaints and Stag Liuzza LLC filing all 4 property complaints. Peiffer Wolf filed 5 of 10 in the Hair Relaxer Products Liability Litigation (3060). Phillips & Associates Law Firm PC filed 6 of 8 in the Uber Passenger Sexual Assault Litigation (3084). Ludwig Law Firm PLC filed all 4 in the Talcum Powder Products Liability Litigation (2738). See the full filing feed and firm-level breakdowns here.

Platform Defendants Put Attorney Solicitation Into California Bellwether Fight

Meta, YouTube and Snapchat asked Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl to admit evidence that two plaintiff families responded to lawyer advertising before bringing social-media addiction claims, placing plaintiff credibility into the evidentiary contest ahead of trial. The request in Social Media Adolescent Addiction Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation (3047) seeks to make the families’ path to counsel relevant to when they attributed alleged mental-health injuries to the platforms. The court is scheduled to address the question at a Sept. 29 final status conference in a consolidated bellwether involving S.J. and K.D.B. The ruling will determine whether defendants can put attorney solicitation before jurors when the case reaches its *Oct. 28 trial*, potentially reshaping how both sides frame the asserted connection between platform use and harm.

AirTag Centralization Bid Reaches Sept. 24 Hearing

The JPML will hear argument on Sept. 24 over whether to centralize Apple AirTag Stalking Personal Injury/Product Liability/Marketing and Sales Practices (3199), placing coordination of 26 related actions before the Panel. Plaintiffs seek transfer to the District of Arizona, but the JPML consolidation motion remains pending and no MDL has been created. The hearing will determine whether the parties litigate common discovery and pretrial issues in one forum or continue across the existing federal actions. That threshold ruling will shape the pace and cost of the stalking claims before any merits adjudication begins.