SAN FRANCISCO Google Inc. lost its bid Tuesday to consolidate in the Northern District eight proposed class actions that accuse the search engine of illegally tracking users’ activity through the Safari web browser.
The U.S. Panel on Multidistrict Litigation instead chose the District of Delaware, noting that Google, the common defendant in all the cases, is incorporated in Delaware. And other companies involved in the controversy are also located near the district, the panel added. Twelve potentially related actions have been filed in various districts and could also be tag-along cases.
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