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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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USA Today and Daily Mail Join Publishers Seeking $3.2 Billion From Google Over Alleged Ad Monopoly

USA Today, the Daily Mail and 5,000 publishers can take $3.2bn in claims against Google to trial over alleged abuses of its online ad system (Credit: Patrickneil/Wikimedia Commons)

USA TODAY Co. and the Daily Mail and a certified class of about 5,000 US digital publishers can take claims worth more than $3.2 billion (£2.42 billion) against Google to a jury trial after a federal judge rejected the company's main requests for summary judgment.

Judge P. Kevin Castel of the Southern District of New York issued the decision in an 88-page opinion. The publishers allege Google's advertising technology practices reduced their revenues. Google disputes the claims.

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