A federal district court judge in California ruled that Australia’s second-richest person can sue Meta Platforms Inc. over its alleged negligence in operating in a commercially reasonable manner and for misappropriation of his name and likeness after scam Facebook advertisements showed him promoting fake cryptocurrencies and other investments.
Arthur Bryant, a partner at Bailey Glasser in Oakland, California, is the lead attorney for the plaintiff, Andrew Forrest. Forrest is a prominent Australian businessman and philanthropist, who sued the defendant, Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook.
Andrew Forrest speaking at the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2023 in Greenwich, UK, on June 21, 2023. (Credit: Rick Robbins/Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office via Wikimedia Commons)
