Google was dealt a blow in its fight against antitrust litigation Monday as the suit was moved to an unfavorable court, thanks to legislation passed by a bipartisan group of Big Tech critics last year.
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, a legal court for managing cases involving multiple regions, remanded Google v. Texas, a case involving the Big Tech giant's digital advertising practices, on Monday. Google had asked the JPML to consider consolidating the case into one with several private lawsuits in a New York federal court. Such a decision would allow a single court to resolve similar cases but would delay the process by years.
The decision is a notable victory for the legislation's sponsors, Sens. Mike Lee , Amy Klobuchar , Ken Buck , and David Cicilline , who passed a bill to ensure federal cases were resolved expediently. Texas led a group of U.S. states and territories in suing Google in 2020, alleging that it had monopolized the buying, selling, and distribution of digital advertising on its platform, underpaid publishers, and forced advertisers to overpay. Google has attempted to amend and dismiss the case, including an attempt to have the matter considered in California. The case is scheduled to enter its exploratory phase this year.
Their efforts were thwarted, thanks partly to a major lobbying campaign by Silicon Valley giants, but they did succeed in attaching the smaller two bills to the must-pass spending legislation.
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