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Google digital advertising monopoly litigation must keep moving ahead, California judge says

By Michael Acton ( June 10, 2021, 20:07 GMT | Insight) -- Google can’t expect private litigation in California over its alleged abuse of a digital advertising monopoly to be delayed for years, and litigation filed against Google by publishers is highly unlikely to be dismissed at the pleading stage, the judge overseeing the litigation warned today. US District Judge Beth Labson Freeman pointed to Epic Games’ twin lawsuits against Apple and Google, over their alleged app distribution monopoly abuses, as examples of other major cases involving Big Tech at the same court that have moved ahead quickly. Google can’t expect private litigation in California over its alleged abuse of a digital advertising monopoly to be delayed for years, and litigation filed against Google by publishers is highly unlikely to be dismissed at the pleading stage, the judge overseeing the litigation warned today....

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