In re Google Digital Advertising Antitrust Litigation

  1. June 17, 2025

    Google Opposes Advertisers' Ad Tech Class Cert Bid

    Google told a New York federal court that the advertiser seeking to represent a class of more than 2 million members in multidistrict litigation accusing the tech giant of monopolizing key digital ad technology spent less than $500 on Google Ads during the class period.

  2. May 05, 2025

    Google Ads Advertisers Ask For Class Cert. In MDL

    A group of advertisers in multidistrict litigation accusing Google of violating antitrust law through its control over key ad technology has asked a New York federal court to certify it as a class.

  3. January 27, 2025

    Pair Of Google Advertisers Must Arbitrate Ad Tech Claims

    A New York federal court found that a pair of advertisers will have to arbitrate their claims against Google instead of trying to represent a class in the multidistrict litigation accusing the tech giant of monopolizing key digital advertising technology.

  4. March 01, 2024

    Google Gets Ad Tech Monopolization MDL Trimmed

    A New York federal judge on Friday threw out a number of claims in sprawling multidistrict litigation over Google's alleged monopoly in digital advertising, although the judge held that Google must continue to face limited claims from publishers and advertisers in several cases.

  5. March 30, 2023

    States Reaffirm Bid To Return Google Ad Tech Case To Texas

    A coalition of state-level enforcers on Thursday reaffirmed a push to take their suit accusing Google of building an online display advertising monopoly back to Texas, contending that the tech giant's effort to keep the case in multidistrict litigation ignores well-settled court precedent.

  6. March 23, 2023

    Google Fights Bid To Move AG's Ad Tech Case Back To Texas

    Google is pushing back against efforts from state-level enforcers to get their case accusing it of monopolizing the online display advertising market transferred out of multidistrict litigation and back to Texas, arguing a new law that enforcers cite does not apply retroactively.

  7. February 28, 2023

    States Want Google Suit Back In Texas Due To New Venue Law

    Empowered by a new federal law that gives state enforcers the right to prevent their antitrust lawsuits from being transferred to other districts, a Texas-led coalition accusing Google of monopolizing ad tech moved to transfer the case back from New York to Texas where it was first filed.

  8. 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.

  9. October 01, 2021

    Google Tees Up Bid To Dismiss Texas-Led Ad Monopoly Suit

    Google has asked a New York federal judge for permission to seek dismissal of the Texas-led antitrust suit challenging its display advertising practices, arguing that the state enforcers' recently amended "laundry list of complaints" cannot stay afloat because they remain "deeply flawed" and failed to show any violation of federal competition law.

  10. September 24, 2021

    States Go First In Google Display Ads Case

    The Texas-led state attorneys general lawsuit against Google will go through briefing on dismissal motions while the rest of the massive consolidated case remains paused, a New York federal judge ruled Friday in an attempt to impose some order on litigation over the search giant's display advertising business.