Things are heating up in several courtrooms.

Happening off campus: A jury found Meta and YouTube liable for harm against a young user due to their addictive design features leading to mental distress yesterday. This will potentially be a landmark legal decision for social media companies, possibly allowing further suits over the well-being of their users. Both companies will have to pay millions in compensatory and punitive damages. (NYT)

Happening near campus: Nicolás Maduro, former President of Venezuela, is to return to a New York courtroom today, seeking to get his indictment for drug trafficking overturned. This will be the first time Maduro and Cilia Flores, his wife, will appear in court since January, where both pleaded not guilty. They are being held at a Brooklyn detention center, with neither having asked for release on bail at present. Judge Alvin Hellerstein is yet to set a trial date. The main topic of this hearing is expected to be in regards to paying Maduro’s legal fees, as his lawyers need permission from the US government to accept money from the Venezuelan government. (AP)

Happening on-campus: Dr. Marcus Mosley, fellow at the Center for Research on People of Color at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and incoming fellow at the Harvard Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program, is hosting “Determinants of Skin-to-Skin Care in the NICU: Clinical, Social, and Structural Factors” today at 10:00 am. The talk will focus on skin-to-skin care as a foundational practice in neonatal care, as well as the clinical and social factors relating to parental engagement, especially racial and insurance disparities. This presentation is free and open to the public, register here.

Word of the Day: Pandemonium: a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people), also a chaotic situation.

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