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The US Supreme Court on declined to hear and appeal  by Google in a lawsuit filed by advertisers. The class action lawsuit claims that Google has displayed the companies’ ads on “low quality” websites.

The law suit accuses  Google of violating California fair advertising laws because it misled advertisers. The court let the lower court decision stand, allowing the lawsuit to proceed. Google argued that such a ruling was incorrect  report as the damages must be calculated individually for each advertiser rather than all together.

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit  decided that such a measure is unnecessary and damages would be awarded based on the average advertiser’s experience.

Google is involved in numerous legal disputes. In May a US jury concluded  that Google was not in violation of copyright laws where it used Oracle’s Java programming language to develop its operating system, Android. The Supreme Court in April denied certiorari  in an appeal from Google against a finding for authors claiming that Google Books violated copyright law by scanning millions of books and placing them within an online search engine.

The Fifth Circuit also ruled in April that Google may not ignore a subpoena by the Mississippi Attorney General. In March, a Moscow arbitration court upheld a ruling against Google that they broke anti-monopoly laws by abusing their position within the cellular application industry.

As carried in JURIST on 08.06.16