Publishers Win Class Certification in Antitrust Case Against Google Ad Exchange | PYMNTS.com

According to Reuters, the decision allows publishers who sold digital advertising space through Google’s AdX Ad Exchange to move forward collectively, rather than as individual plaintiffs. The ruling centers on claims that Google’s conduct in operating the platform caused competitive harm to publishers that relied on the exchange to sell ad impressions on their websites.

US District Judge P. Kevin Castel of the Southern District of New York issued the decision on Dec. 12, finding that the publishers had sufficiently alleged antitrust injury to justify class treatment, per Bloomberg. The certified class includes publishers that directly paid Google for services related to selling advertising impressions through AdX during the period…