By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC - Guardian UK - Honduras - ESPN
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Sept 26 – A number of antitrust cases against Google have been transferred to and consolidated before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge P. Kevin Castel. On September 24 he held a conference, and Inner City Press covered it.
Judge Castel said, among other things, that he would first address the state case, and see if there is Federal jurisdiction.
The question of whether there is harm to competitors will not be addressed at this time.
Counsel for Associated Newspapers has also represented Facebook, against which the same claims could and may be brought - so counsel has been asked to explain by October 1 how this is not a conflict and "why it should be permitted to attend meetings of the Plaintiffs Coordinating Committee." There will be a protective order, or orders.
One case is Associated Newspapers Ltd. et al v. Google LLC et al., 21-cv-3446 (Castel)
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