FTC v. Meta (Within) antitrust case

US District Court, Northern District of California · 5:22-cv-04325 · filed Jul 27, 2022 · Decided

The FTC sought to block Meta's acquisition of Within, maker of the VR fitness app Supernatural, under a potential competition theory.

The case

Plaintiffs: Federal Trade Commission
Defendants: Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, Within Unlimited
Court: US District Court, Northern District of California
Docket: 5:22-cv-04325
Filed: Jul 27, 2022
Status: DecidedFTC withdrew its administrative case after losing the injunction bid.
Outcome: The court denied the FTC's preliminary injunction and Meta completed its purchase of Within.

4 dated entries

Date	Entry	Type	Source
Dec 13, 2023	Ruling: JUDGMENT. Signed by Judge Edward J. Davila on 12/13/2023.	Ruling	Link
Feb 7, 2023	Order: ORDER Granting 384 Administrative Motion In-Camera Treatment of Confidential Material	Order	Link
Feb 7, 2023	Order: ORDER Granting 438 Motion to Remove Incorrectly Filed Document	Order	Link
Jul 27, 2022	Filing: Complaint filed: Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platforms Inc.	Filing	Link

When	Case	Kind	Status	Filed
Sep 25Further Case Management Conference Todaynext date	Kadrey v. MetaFurther Case Management ConferenceActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.	Copyright	Active	Jul 7, 2023
Sep 25Telephone Conference Todaynext date	United States v. Visa (debit)Telephone ConferenceActiveAntitrustS.D. N.Y.	Antitrust	Active	Sep 24, 2024
Oct 2Joint proposed final judgment due in 7dnext date	United States v. Google (ad tech)Joint proposed final judgment dueDecidedAntitrustE.D. Va.	Antitrust	Decided	Jan 24, 2023
Oct 6Next Case Management Conference in 11dnext date	In re Meta Pixel Healthcare LitigationNext Case Management ConferenceActivePrivacyN.D. Cal.	Privacy	Active	Jun 17, 2022
Aug 26Filed 30d agofiled	Texas AG v. Meta: child safety settlementSettledConsumer protectionTexas Attorney Generalover $1 billion	Consumer protection	Settled	Aug 26
Jul 23Filed 64d agofiled	EU Commission: Google DMA finesDecidedAntitrustEuropean CommissionEUR 890 million	Antitrust	Decided	Jul 23
Jul 9Filed 78d agofiled	EU Commission: SAP ERP support commitmentsClosedAntitrustEuropean Commission	Antitrust	Closed	Jul 9
Jul 2Filed 85d agofiled	Sullivan v. MetaActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.	Copyright	Active	Jul 2

Caption and links

Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platforms Inc.