Check out our March roundup of CAG in the news!
Victory: 9th Circuit Rules That Amazon Owes a Duty to Not Sell Suicide Kits
The Ninth Circuit adopted WASC’s recent landmark ruling, allowing more of our cases against Amazon to move forward on behalf of 29 individuals who died after the tech giant promoted and delivered Sodium Nitrite, a lethal substance with no household use, to vulnerable customers. In McCarthy et al v. Amazon, the court overturned a prior dismissal, affirming that suicide does not automatically shield companies from liability and that Amazon owes a duty not to sell suicide kits. We are so grateful to continue the pursuit of justice for the loving families of Ethan McCarthy (forever 17) and Kristine Jónsson (forever 16).
Check out media coverage below.
Amazon Faces Revived Suit Over Teens’ Sodium Nitrite Deaths
Law360, March 12, 2026
Ben Adlin
“Lawyers and companies are bound not just by the rule of law, but also the rule of humanity.” — Carrie Goldberg
Ninth Circuit revives suit over Amazon sodium nitrite used in teen suicides
Courthouse News, March 12, 2026
Monique Merrill
“Amazon harmed countless people and tried to dodge responsibility…This ruling makes it clear: there are no exceptions to the duty not to harm.” — Naomi Leeds
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Jury Finds Meta, YouTube Liable in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case
National Review, March 25, 2026
James Lynch
Big tech is finally paying for catastrophic harms caused by their products. On March 25, a California jury’s landmark verdict in K.G.M. v. Meta et al. awarded $4.2 million against Meta and $1.8 million against Google, signaling a long-overdue reckoning for Big Tech’s exploitation of children through addictive product design. Bravo to K.G.M. for taking on these tech giants, and to the legal team representing her, including Joseph van Zandt of Beasley Allen, co-counsel in our case against Duda Energy for selling suicide chemicals to vulnerable people.
Carrie has been interviewed extensively about what these trial verdicts against big tech mean. As quoted in this article:
“This verdict is a major win for families who have spent years being told the harms they endured were just the price of using these platforms. When tech companies build products that fuel addiction and psychological harm, families have every right to fight back – and more of them now will.” — Carrie Goldberg
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Epstein’s Lawyer Sought to Vet, Influence Victims’ Attorneys
Bloomberg Law, March 30, 2026
Alexia Fernández Campbell, Tatyana Monnay, Diana Dombrowski
Bloomberg Law reports that according to files released in January, Jeffrey Epstein’s defense team, led by Jay Lefkowitz from Kirkland & Ellis, pressured officials at the Justice Department to allow them to vet and influence the selection of legal representation of Epstein’s victims. These efforts largely succeeded, as prosecutors ultimately allowed Epstein to have a say in approving the victims’ lawyer and weakened safeguards intended to protect the victims during the plea deal process. Our founder Carrie Goldberg is quoted in the article, commenting on the defense team’s maneuvers as “extraordinary,” and “absurd.”
“We do see these kinds of negotiations with very high net-worth people accused of crimes who hire these super fancy lawyers who make the government bend to their will…What’s extraordinary about this situation is just the amount of control that Epstein’s lawyers are asserting over everybody in the process — the DOJ, as well as the guardian for the victims.” — Carrie Goldberg
