(December 17, 2018, 1:12 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In response to a stipulation by Google LLC and the plaintiffs in six class actions against the tech giant, a California federal judge on Dec. 11 consolidated the lawsuits over Google’s a purported tracking of smart phone users’ locations despite their opting out of such tracking (In re Google Location History Litigation, No. 5:18-cv-05062, N.D. Calif.)....