Trials & Litigation
Attorney at social media addiction trial takes selfie, receives $1,100 sanction
A plaintiffs lawyer recently received a $1,100 sanction for taking a selfie and conducting a Zoom interview from inside the Los Angeles Superior Court during the first trial alleging that Meta Platforms and YouTube caused addictions in adolescents. (Image from Shutterstock)
A plaintiffs lawyer recently received a $1,100 sanction for taking a selfie and conducting a Zoom interview from inside the Los Angeles Superior Court during the first trial alleging that Meta Platforms and YouTube caused addictions in adolescents.
Law.com has the story.
The sanction for lawyer Matthew Bergman, a founding partner of the Social Media Victims Law Center, came Monday—the seventh day of deliberations in the trial that is part of a consolidated proceeding in California being heard by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl, according to the story.
“I am extremely embarrassed and sorry this court has to spent one second of its time in the midst of this historic trial dealing with my transgression,” Bergman told Kuhl, according to the story. “It’s shameful, and I’m deeply sorry and terribly ashamed.”
Bergman called the incident a “cataclysmic moment in my career,” the story said, and he said he looked to his faith for guidance on repentance.
“I just completely lost it,” Bergman told the judge, according to Law.com. “How did I lose it so badly?”
See also:
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies in first social media addiction trial
Plaintiff testifies about addiction in trial against social media companies
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