I thought this had been transferred to DC district court (as that's where MM is located) but apparently not?

Nope. Judge said that because two of the advertisers mentioned in MMFA's report (Oracle and AT&T) were based in Texas, there were enough connections to Texas to make the jurisdiction make sense. www.techdirt.com/2024/09/03/e...

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