LOS ANGELES — The judge assigned to preside over the beginning of the massive civil lawsuit against MindGeek, which will hinge on complex issues of third-party uploaded content on online platforms, Section 230 liability and internet moderation, is 84-year-old Consuelo Bland Marshall, appointed by Jimmy Carter in 1980.
Judge Marshall graduated from law school in 1961, was an active judge for 25 years between 1980 and 2005, and assumed “senior status” in 2005.
Senior Judges are occasionally called back from this form of "semi-retirement" to hear cases.
The assignment to the MindGeek case, which involves complex internet moderation matters and situations that only arose after Judge Marshall became a "senior judge," was posted today on legal information site PACER.
For XBIZ coverage about the MindGeek case, click here.
Main Image: Judge Consuelo Bland Marshall at a public event five years ago, in 2016.