In re: Google Digital Advertising Antitrust Litigation

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:21-md-03010

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Multi-district Litigation, Class Action

Judge:

P. Kevin Castel

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  1. October 02, 2026

    Gannett, Daily Mail Get April '27 Date For Google Ad Tech Trial

    A New York federal judge Friday teed up the Daily Mail and Gannett for the first trial in the sprawling antitrust multidistrict litigation targeting Google's advertising placement technology business, penciling in a start date of April 5, 2027.

  2. October 01, 2026

    Google Ad Tech MDL Teed Up For Trial Largely Intact

    Gannett, the Daily Mail and a certified class of website publishers scored a major win with a New York federal court ruling largely refusing to let Google scrap antitrust allegations targeting its advertising placement technology business in sprawling multidistrict litigation.

  3. August 24, 2026

    Google Says Publishers Can't Get 'Fake Privilege' Discovery

    Google urged a New York federal judge not to grant additional discovery to a group of publishers targeting its advertising placement technology dominance in a wider multidistrict litigation, arguing claims of insufficient detail into corporate policies allegedly hiding evidence are belied by the volume of information already cited.

  4. August 18, 2026

    Publishers Target Google's 'Fake Privilege' In Ad Tech MDL

    A group of website publishers targeting Google's advertising placement technology dominance in a wider multidistrict litigation asked a New York federal judge Monday to force discovery into corporate policies allegedly hiding evidence that have continuously haunted the technology giant across antitrust cases from government and private plaintiffs.

  5. August 04, 2026

    Google Accused Of Antitrust Behavior In Ad Tech Practices

    A rival technology company has accused Google of violating antitrust law by restricting competition in digital advertising markets.

  6. May 28, 2026

    Ad Tech Rivals Say Google Can't Cull Antitrust Claims

    Google's rival advertising placement technology providers urged a New York federal judge not to dramatically reduce their antitrust claims, arguing the court has already rejected the statute of limitations assertions raised against other multidistrict litigation plaintiffs "and it should do so again."

  7. April 30, 2026

    Google Says Ad Tech Rivals Can't 'Circumvent' Time Limits

    Google has formally asked a New York federal judge to dramatically reduce antitrust claims from rival advertising placement technology providers, arguing they're clearly targeting policies they've known about for years and thus cannot get around a four-year statute of limitations pegged to a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit.

  8. March 20, 2026

    Ad Tech Class Can't Make Outside Plaintiffs Set Aside Funds

    Individual website publishers suing Google won't have to set aside 10% of any winnings in the sprawling advertising placement technology antitrust multidistrict litigation after a New York federal judge said that the certified class of publishers was embellishing its contributions in seeking the set-aside.

  9. March 17, 2026

    Google Wants Cutoff Date For Ad Tech Rivals' Claims

    Google moved to tee up a dismissal bid aimed at cutting key targeted policies from New York federal court antitrust claims from rival advertising placement technology providers, arguing that its "sophisticated" competitors cannot get around a four-year statute of limitations pegged to the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit.

  10. February 26, 2026

    LA Times Joins Ad Tech Antitrust Litigation Against Google

    The publisher of The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday threw its hat into multidistrict litigation targeting Google's advertising placement technology dominance, alleging that Google's monopolization forces publishers to sell ad space at depressed prices that boost the tech giant's profits while dramatically cutting revenue for publishers and Google's ad technology rivals.