Snap seeks transfer of pixel-tracking case, citing US judge-shopping concerns
( August 17, 2026, 23:37 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Snap is looking to transfer a proposed privacy class action over its advertising pixel from Los Angeles to San Francisco, accusing the plaintiff's lawyers of forum shopping to avoid US District Judge Vince Chhabria after he expressed skepticism about using decades-old wiretapping laws to challenge modern website tracking. Snap says the same lawyers previously filed a nearly identical case against the company in the Northern District of California, voluntarily dismissed it after it was assigned to Chhabria, and refiled it less than a month later with a new plaintiff in the Central District.See attached motion....
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