Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Daily Docket: Bard Loses Summary Judgment Bid Before Oct. 13 Port Catheter Trial

We tracked 117 new filings. Suboxone led with 26, followed by Hair Relaxer (20), Bard Implanted Port Catheter (13), the two GLP-1 dockets (12 combined) and Uber (10). Suboxone led with 26, followed by Hair Relaxer (20), Bard Implanted Port Catheter (13), the two GLP-1 dockets (12 combined) and Uber (10). Suboxone led with 26, followed by Hair Relaxer (20), Bard Implanted Port Catheter (13), the two GLP-1 dockets (12 combined) and Uber (10). Her GLP-1 NAION Litigation (3163) added 5, 3 from Seeger Weiss LLP; the NAION master complaint is due Oct. 28. See the full filing feed and firm-level breakdowns here.

Zuckerberg Ordered to Testify Again in Social-Media Addiction Trial

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on September 29 rejected Meta's bid to quash trial subpoenas for Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram chief Adam Mosseri, setting Zuckerberg's testimony for November 10 and Mosseri's for November 19 in the next youth-addiction bellwether. Both executives testified in the first bellwether trial earlier this year, which ended in March with a $6 million verdict against Meta and YouTube. For Social Media Adolescent Addiction Litigation (3047), the ruling puts executive knowledge of youth-harm evidence back before a jury and signals the court will keep pressing Meta's leadership on what it knew and when. Meta can still challenge the subpoenas, but the order locks in dates that will drive trial preparation on both sides.

Roblox, Epic and Microsoft Cannot Send Teen Addiction Suit to Arbitration

An Eastern District of Pennsylvania judge on September 28 denied Roblox's, Epic Games' and Microsoft's motion to compel arbitration in a teenager's video-game-addiction suit, keeping the case in public court rather than shifting it to private proceedings. The minor had signed a declaration disaffirming the platform terms of use in their entirety under the infancy doctrine — a rejection that swept in both the arbitration clause and the delegation provision, leaving contract-formation questions for the judge rather than an arbitrator. The decision does not reach the underlying injury allegations, but it preserves discovery and a potential jury trial, and it sharpens a national split on whether minors can be compelled to arbitrate: a different Pennsylvania judge sent a similar Roblox/Fortnite addiction suit to arbitration in May.