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The
U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in June granted
the state's request to send the lawsuit back to federal court in
Texas. The lawsuit alleges that Google, a unit of Alphabet,
abused its dominance in advertising technology.
The panel stayed the decision to give Google time to appeal its
decision to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
After the lawsuit was filed in 2020, Google successfully
petitioned for it to be moved from Texas to a federal court in
New York, where other advertising technology cases were being
heard.
But Texas convinced the judicial panel to move the case back to
Texas, citing a measure that became law last year which gave
state attorneys general the right to choose where an antitrust
lawsuit will be litigated. The federal court in Texas has a
reputation for moving quickly.
Google has argued that the law is not retroactive.
The search and advertising giant, which also makes a smartphone
operating system and owns YouTube, faces antitrust lawsuits
around the world that mostly allege abuse of dominance of one
sort or another. Alphabet has denied any wrongdoing.
(Reporting by Diane Bartz in Washington; Editing by Matthew
Lewis)
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