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Google asks to limit plaintiff counsel leadership to one firm in location privacy case

( December 27, 2018, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Google asked a federal judge to limit leadership of the plaintiffs in a privacy class-action litigation over the serach giant's allegedly unauthorized tracking of smartphone users to a single law firm. "Considering the similarity among Plaintiffs’ complaints, there is no reason a single law firm (or at most two law firms) could not adequately represent the interests of the putative class. In contrast, appointing more than one or two law firms will undermine any efficiency to be gained by selecting interim representation, and will merely recreate the status quo —a 'gaggle of law firms jockeying to be appointed class counsel,' ” Google said.See document below....

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