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Meta is the latest tech giant to land in her courtroom
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It's been a crazy four months for Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers.
Key facts
- For Gonzalez Rogers, the job is the capstone of a 35-year legal career in California, where she began in private practice before being appointed to the Alameda County Superior Court in 2008
- Feinstein, who died in 2023, later recommended Gonzalez Rogers' nomination to the federal bench to President Obama
- In 2020, Epic activated its own payment option inside Fortnite, bypassing Apple's payment system and its 30% commission
- In between the two trials, Gonzalez Rogers was named chief judge of the court, 15 years after being nominated to serve there by then- President Barack Obama
Summary
The judge in the Northern District of California spent late April and much of May in her downtown Oakland courtroom, overseeing the high-profile battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman. Now, the 61-year-old Gonzalez Rogers is gearing up for week two of a trial that could go a long way in determining the fate of Meta's advertising business, as California Attorney General Rob Bonta leads a coalition of state AGs in litigating what's being hailed as social media's "Big Tobacco moment. In between the two trials, Gonzalez Rogers was named chief judge of the court, 15 years after being nominated to serve there by then- President Barack Obama. The district includes San Francisco, where OpenAI is headquartered, as well as all of Silicon Valley, home to Meta and most of its technology peers. Known to many as YGR, Gonzalez Rogers has developed a reputation for her no-nonsense attitude.