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Total Federal Cases
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177 total consolidated cases now coordinated under MDL No. 3166
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Federal Judicial Districts
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Cases initially filed across 12 federal districts, expanded to 18 nationwide as families from additional jurisdictions joined the litigation
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Plaintiffs’ Law Firms
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15+ plaintiffs’ law firms coordinating pretrial proceedings, discovery, and bellwether case strategies in MDL No. 3166
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Key Timeline Events
2024 – Early 2025
Families begin filing federal lawsuits against
Roblox Corporation across multiple districts, alleging platform enabled child exploitation
December 2025
Plaintiffs’ attorneys petition JPML to consolidate cases into single MDL for coordinated pretrial proceedings
December 13, 2025
JPML grants consolidation: 177 federal cases transferred to Northern District of California, assigned to Chief Judge Richard Seeborg
August 13, 2026
Senators Josh Hawley and Dick Durbin open a bipartisan Crime and Counterterrorism Subcommittee investigation and request records from Roblox CEO David Baszucki
August 2026
Chief Judge Seeborg establishes CSAM evidence preservation and handling protocols and sets a schedule for Roblox’s arbitration defenses in MDL No. 3166
September 22, 2026
Deadline for Defendants’ Motion to Compel Arbitration in bellwether cases, which seeks to move claims from court into private arbitration
October 27, 2026
Plaintiffs’ responses are due on Defendants’ motion asking the court to send bellwether claims to private arbitration
January 13, 2027
Court hearing is set on the Motion to Compel Arbitration for bellwether cases
Defendant Platforms
- Roblox Corporation
Primary
- Discord Inc.
Secondary
- Snap Inc. (Snapchat)
Secondary
- Meta Platforms (Instagram)
Secondary
State Attorney General Actions
- Louisiana
Filed
- Kentucky
Filed
- Texas
Filed
- Florida
Criminal Investigation
- Oklahoma
Initiating Investigation
MDL Structure
- MDL Number
3166
- Presiding Judge
Richard Seeborg
- Court
N.D. California
- Official Title
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Published Articles by RDCY Attorneys
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- Two Juries, Two Days, One Reality: The Social Media Cases Have Arrived — Sean C. Domnick, The Recorder / Law.com, March 27, 2026.
- Banning Litigation Funding Doesn’t Solve the Problem; It Just Makes Justice More Expensive — Fred A. Cunningham, Daily Report / Law.com, July 9, 2026.
- The Strength to Share the Case — Gregory M. Yaffa, Daily Business Review / Law.com, October 8, 2026.
- The Alex Jones Case: A Jury Awarded $45 Million. The Law Said $1.5 Million Was Enough — Sean C. Domnick, Texas Lawyer / Law.com, August 24, 2026.
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