Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

Rule Changes

Presiding over the 29-state federal trial against Meta

The Los Angeles bellwether trial testing social media liability for addictive design features began jury selection January 27 and opened February 9. It's the first time major tech companies face a jury over claims their products harm children's mental health.

Updated Nov 3

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Assigned the remand to redesign contempt remedies and define a permissible fee framework

On December 11, 2025, the Ninth Circuit mostly backed the trial judge's contempt finding that Apple played games with the anti-steering injunction. But the court clipped parts of the punishment — the same pattern this case keeps producing: Apple complies in a way that protects the money, and Epic comes back yelling "that's not compliance."

Updated May 15