Google faces second class-action lawsuit over adtech practices in Australia
By Saloni Sinha ( February 18, 2025, 05:54 GMT | Insight) -- Search giant Google is being targeted in a second antitrust class-action lawsuit in Australia over its alleged misuse of market power in the digital-advertising space. Two Australian class action law firms — Maurice Blackburn and Phi Finney McDonald — confirmed to MLex that on Feb. 14 they filed a joint lawsuit in the Federal Court of Australia targeting Google, alleging the search giant misused its dominant market position in the open display advertising market.Google is being targeted in a second antitrust class-action lawsuit in Australia over the search giant’s alleged misuse of market power in the digital-advertising space....
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