Supreme Court Denies Cert to Google in Bid to Stop AdWords Class-Action Lawsuit
The Supreme Court declined Monday to grant Google's petition for a writ of certiorari seeking a review of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 2015 decision that allowed to proceed a class-action lawsuit by California advertisers who used Google's…
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AdWords ad placement service. The advertisers, who used AdWords between 2004 and 2008, are seeking refunds from Google because they believe the company misled them by placing their ads on parked domain names and other undesirable pages along with desired placements next to relevant Google search pages. The 9th Circuit reversed a 2012 San Jose U.S. District Court ruling that denied the advertisers class-action status, saying the advertisers were all seeking restitution based on the same type of claimed deception. The Supreme Court denied certiorari without comment. Google didn't comment.