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In re Google Digital Advertising Antitrust Litigation

  1. February 06, 2023

    Google Wants Advertisers' 'Recycled' Monopoly Claims Nixed

    Google has urged a New York federal court to toss six advertisers' consolidated putative class action alleging, as a part of larger multidistrict litigation, that the search giant's digital advertising business constitutes a monopoly, arguing that the advertisers' third crack at the claims are "attempts to recycle or repackage" failed allegations.

  2. August 10, 2021

    State AGs' Google Ad Suit Must Join Private Ones In NY

    The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Tuesday consolidated in New York some 20 lawsuits accusing Google of monopolizing the display advertising market, including a Texas-led state enforcers' case, finding that the attorneys general's complaint has more in common with the private suits than it has differences.

  3. July 29, 2021

    MDL Objections In Big Tech Ad Monopoly Suits Perplex Judge

    A member of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Thursday rebuked publishers and advertisers objecting to centralizing a Texas-led antitrust suit against Google with a slew of private actions accusing the company of monopolizing the display advertising market, saying their protest "is a little perplexing."

  4. May 13, 2021

    Google Gets Calif. Antitrust Litigation Thrown Out, For Now

    A California federal judge on Thursday tossed a proposed class action brought by advertisers and publishers challenging Google's digital advertising business, ruling that the plaintiffs need to be more specific and narrow in their allegations, which she gave them leave to amend.

  5. April 14, 2021

    Attys Streamline Bids To Lead Google Antitrust Suits

    After being admonished by a California federal court that there were "way too many lawyers involved," law firms seeking to lead proposed classes of advertisers and publishers in antitrust litigation over Google's digital advertising business have proposed to reorganize into coordinated, parallel tracks.

  6. April 08, 2021

    Google Judge Wants Info On Facebook's Role In Antitrust Suit

    A California federal judge said Thursday that while she doesn't think advertisers' proposed antitrust class action against Google will be "dismissed at the motion to dismiss stage," she plans to toss the claims with leave to amend and wants more details on whether Google offers advertising services on Facebook.

  7. April 01, 2021

    Google Publisher Suits Have 'Too Many Lawyers,' Judge Says

    A California federal judge on Thursday told law firms vying to lead proposed classes of advertisers and publishers in antitrust litigation over Google's digital advertising business to revise their proposals, saying that there are currently "way too many lawyers involved" and that the firms need to better address cost controls.

  8. February 26, 2021

    Attys Make Their Cases For Leading Google Ad Suits

    Law firms for advertisers and publishers suing Google over its digital advertising business took every possible angle to convince a California federal court that they should play a leading role representing one or both proposed classes in the litigation.

  9. February 05, 2021

    JPML Combines Google Play Store Suits But Omits Ad Cases

    The number of playing fields for lawsuits accusing Google of monopolizing the Android Play Store was reduced a little Friday with a Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation order centralizing consumer and app developer cases in California federal court, although the court refused to lump those suits in with actions targeting the company's digital advertising business.

  10. February 04, 2021

    Google Judge Won't Split Publishers From Antitrust Ad Fight

    A California federal judge told website owners that publish Google-delivered ads to consolidate their proposed class antitrust claims with a case brought by advertisers, saying Thursday that although the allegations "clearly" implicate separate damages and classes, "I'm not convinced that it's efficient for the court to break this into two cases."

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