Google To 9th Circuit: AdWords UCL Suit Properly Dismissed For Lack Of Standing

Mealey's (February 7, 2020, 2:15 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In a Feb. 3 appellee brief, Google LLC tells the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that a trial court properly dismissed claims alleging breach of contract and violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) related to a purported overcharge scheme in its AdWords program, arguing that the lone plaintiff in the nine-year-old lawsuit lacked standing and failed to comply with federal discovery rules (Rene Cabrera v. Google LLC, No. 19-16466, 9th Cir.)....