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Ads Antitrust Case Google Gets Only Meta
Count Dropped So States' Case Proceeds
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 13 – A number of
antitrust cases against Google
were transferred to and
consolidated before U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge P. Kevin Castel. On
September 24, 2021 he held a
conference, and Inner City
Press covered it.
Judge
Castel said, among other
things, that he would first
address the state case, and
see if there is Federal
jurisdiction.
The question of
whether there is harm to
competitors will not be
addressed at this
time.
Counsel for
Associated Newspapers has also
represented Facebook, against
which the same claims could
and may be brought - so
counsel has been asked to
explain by October 1 how this
is not a conflict and "why it
should be permitted to attend
meetings of the Plaintiffs
Coordinating Committee."
On February 7, in
the now consolidated case,
Judge Castel in an order
reminded Google of its
discovery commitments and
ruled that "within 30 days of
this Order, Google shall
produce to all plaintiffs in
the above-captioned MDL all
documents without limitation
produced by Google or any
corporate affiliate to the
State of Texas from January 1,
2018 through September 24,
2021."
On September 13,
2022 Judge Castel denied
nearly all of Google's
motions, dismissing only Court
IV regarding Meta: "The States
have not plausibly alleged
Google’s Network Bidding
Agreement with Facebook
amounts to an unlawful
restraint of trade in
violation of section 1 (Count
IV)." On the rest, the case
goes forward.
The case is In
Re: Google Advertising Antitrust Litigation,
21-cv-6841 (Castel)
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