Google intends to request the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit to be relocated from Virginia to Manhattan federal court, where the company is presently engaged in a suit regarding claims of abuse of market power in online advertising technology.
Google has suggested that moving the suit is necessary for judicial efficiency and to reduce the possibility of conflicting judgments.
The DOJ filed the lawsuit in January in eight states, alleging advertising-related violations.
The new lawsuit overlaps with multidistrict litigation in New York that was established in 2021.
In accordance with the available sources, Google will seek to move the antitrust lawsuit against it to a New York court.
Google stated that transferring the lawsuit was needed for "judicial efficiency and to mitigate the obvious risk of inconsistent judgments.
" Google anticipates that since the fresh DOJ claim overlaps with multidistrict litigation in New York that was formed in 2021, it would be best addressed there.
Legal experts following the cases believe that the DOJ would challenge Google's efforts to transfer the case to New York.
Since it would be part of a complicated series of procedures involving a plethora of private and state plaintiffs, experts have warned of the potential consequences.
The transfer of the DOJ's antitrust lawsuit against Google to a New York court could result in a collision between tech giants Apple and Epic Game.
The two firms are involved in an antitrust case that has already commenced in the same New York court where the multidistrict advertising-related litigation is being carried out, and the transfer of Google's case to the same court could complicate things.