{"id":937,"date":"2023-08-17T08:33:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T08:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ktmc.com\/securitiestracker\/news\/california-federal-court-certifies-advertiser-classes-in-consumer-fraud-case-against-google\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T15:58:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:58:47","slug":"california-federal-court-certifies-advertiser-classes-in-consumer-fraud-case-against-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ktmc.com\/securitiestracker\/news\/california-federal-court-certifies-advertiser-classes-in-consumer-fraud-case-against-google\/","title":{"rendered":"California Federal Court Certifies Advertiser Classes in Consumer Fraud Case Against Google"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On August 15, 2023, The Honorable Edward J. Davila of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order in <em>Cabrera et al. v. Google LLC<\/em>, Case No. 5:11-cv-01263, certifying two classes of online advertisers who advertised through Google\u2019s AdWords program and paid for clicks on their advertisements. The Court also appointed Plaintiffs Rene Cabrera and RM Cabrera Company, Inc. (\u201cRMC\u201d) as Class Representatives, and Kessler Topaz and Nix Patterson LLP as Class Counsel.<\/p>\n<p>The case centers on Google\u2019s misrepresentation to AdWords advertisers that it would only charge them for clicks on advertisements placed within targeted locations of their choosing. Plaintiffs allege that for over seven years, Google defrauded its advertisers\u2014and lined its own pockets\u2014by secretly charging them for clicks on advertisements that were outside of their explicitly designated locations. In so doing, Plaintiffs allege that Google violated California\u2019s Unfair Competition Law (the \u201cUCL\u201d), which prohibits unlawful, unfair, and fraudulent business practices. In certifying the so-called \u201cLocation Targeting\u201d class, Judge Davila rebuffed Google\u2019s arguments that individualized questions relating to materiality, exposure, reliance, choice of law, injury, and damages would predominate over questions common to the class. The Court also rejected Google\u2019s contention that differences in advertiser sophistication defeated class certification, explaining that Google\u2019s argument \u201cflies in the face of the UCL\u2019s objective \u2018reasonable consumer\u2019 standard, as well as the UCL\u2019s broad purpose to protect consumers from unfair business practices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Court also certified a second class of advertisers whose ads were \u201cbundled\u201d on both Google\u2019s search site and other online pages. Plaintiffs allege that Google manipulated its \u201csmart pricing\u201d algorithm, which is designed to automatically reduce the costs of ads following an online auction for ad placement, by unwittingly overcharging these advertisers for clicks on their ads. In certifying this class, Judge Davila merited Plaintiffs\u2019 interpretation of Google\u2019s contract with advertisers which, they claim, obligates Google to apply smart pricing discounts to advertisers based on the data generated by its smart pricing program.<\/p>\n<p>In the same order, the Court also denied Google\u2019s motion for summary judgment. The case will now proceed toward trial.\u00a0The Kessler Topaz team representing Plaintiffs and the advertiser classes includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktmc.com\/people\/joseph-meltzer\"><span style=\"color: #0066ff;\">Joseph Meltzer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0066ff;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktmc.com\/people\/matthew-mustokoff\"><span style=\"color: #0066ff;\">Matthew Mustokoff<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0066ff;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktmc.com\/people\/stacey-kaplan\"><span style=\"color: #0066ff;\">Stacey Kaplan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0066ff;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktmc.com\/people\/margaret-mazzeo\"><span style=\"color: #0066ff;\">Margaret Mazzeo<\/span><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktmc.com\/people\/nathaniel-simon\"><span style=\"color: #0066ff;\">Nathaniel Simon<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 15, 2023, The Honorable Edward J. 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