If you used Google’s AdX ad exchange (including as now marketed as Google Ad Manager (“GAM”)) to sell open-web display advertising space, a class action lawsuit could affect your rights.
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- The purpose of this website is to alert you about a class action lawsuit, In re Google Digital Publisher Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 1:21-cv-7034 (PKC) (S.D.N.Y.) (the “Lawsuit”), brought by direct purchasers of Google’s tools and software associated with selling display advertising impressions on websites via Google’s AdX Ad Exchange (“AdX Publisher Class Plaintiffs”). The Lawsuit asserts that Defendants Google LLC, Alphabet Inc., and YouTube LLC (collectively, “Google” or “Defendants”) violated the antitrust laws relating to the sale and provision of ad exchange auction platform services and ad server services. Defendants have denied any wrongdoing.
- The Court has determined that the Lawsuit between AdX Publisher Class Plaintiffs and Defendants can proceed as a class action because it meets the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, which rule governs class actions in federal courts. The AdX Publisher Class Plaintiffs Genius Media Group, Inc. (n/k/a MediaLab AI, Inc.) (“Genius”) and The Nation Company, LLC (“The Nation”) have been approved by the Court as “Class Representatives.” The class (hereinafter, the “AdX Publisher Class,” or the “Class”) is defined as follows:
All persons or entities in the United States that directly paid Google, through payment of fees directly to Google or reductions in advertising revenue received directly from Google, for services associated with selling advertising impressions (other than instream video transactions) on websites via Google’s AdX Ad Exchange (“AdX Sales”) from December 15, 2016, through March 31, 2024 (“Class Period”).
Your legal rights are affected whether you act or do not act, so please read this website carefully.
| YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS | |
DO NOTHING | By doing nothing, you remain in the Class and may be entitled to share in any recovery that may come from a trial or settlement with Google. All of the Court’s orders and judgments will apply to you and will legally bind you. |
EXCLUDE YOURSELF FROM THE CLASS | You may choose to exclude yourself (i.e., “opt out”) from the Class. If you decide to exclude yourself, you will not be bound by any decision in this Lawsuit. You will also not be entitled to share in any recovery from the Class’s trial or any Class settlement with Google. This is the only option that allows you to bring your own separate lawsuit (if you choose to do so) against Google relating to the legal claims against Google in this Lawsuit. |
GET MORE INFORMATION | If you would like to obtain more information about the Lawsuit, you can send questions via email to the lawyers identified in this notice. The FAQ section of this website also contains answers to frequently asked questions and other information. |
- These rights and options - and the deadlines for exercising them - are explained within this website as well as in the Long Form Notice available here.