Google is reportedly going to pay $100 million to settle a 14-year-old class motion case for allegedly having its Google Advertisements (as then identified, AdWords) serve advertisements outdoors of the geographic areas the advertisers focused.
You may learn the complete 36-page settlement PDF right here, The case is Cabrera et al v Google LLC, U.S. District Court docket, Northern District of California, No. 11-01263.
The settlement covers advertisers who used AdWords between January 1, 2004, and December 13, 2012. Plus, the legal professionals rise up to 33% of the settlement and $4.2 million for bills.
Google has denied doing something improper and stated, “This case was about advert product options we modified over a decade in the past and we’re happy it is resolved,” spokesman Jose Castaneda stated in an emailed assertion.
Reuters wrote, “Google has agreed to pay $100 million in money to settle a long-running lawsuit claiming it overcharged advertisers by failing to supply promised reductions and charged for clicks on advertisements outdoors the geographic areas the advertisers focused.”
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