April 17  SEONews

UK class action sets stage for Google showdown – Computer Weekly

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UK based legal professor Or Brook has filed a class action against Google worth approximately 5bn in the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). The class action, brought on behalf of hundreds of thousands of UK-based organisations that used Google’s search advertising services, accuses Google of abusing its near-total dominance in the general search market to drive up prices.

This latest class action follows on from one filed by Nikki Stopford, co-founder of Consumer Voice, and legal firm Hausfeld & Co LLP, and appears to focus on the Google’s anti-competitiveness.

Stopford’s case looks at the cost to consumers due to increased advertising costs businesses that use Google Search pay as a result of anti-competitive practices. In November last year, Google’s attempt to throw out Stopford’s case was dismissed, paving the way for the case to be heard at the CAT.

Along with Stopford’s case, in January, the Competition and Markets…

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