DeLay has neither been indicted nor named as a defendant in the civil suit.

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In a Dec. 3 decision Selna said he would make permanent a May 27 preliminary injunction he issued containing these prohibitions against Jason Gilliam and his father, Richard Gilliam, who is also a defendant in the civil litigation.

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Among the civil suits filed so far, about 30 name Facebook as a defendant, according to the Stanford database.

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Large institutional investors with huge investment portfolios are less inclined to turn to class actions when they can bring far more manageable private civil claims which carry enough investment clout to make a difference to the defendant.

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