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ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION
The Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP is investigating Google and Facebook regarding an alleged conspiracy to allocate the market for online digital display advertising. We believe these companies have engaged in anticompetitive conduct that has likely harmed certain businesses—those that purchase display advertisements using Google’s products, including Google Ads and Google’s Display & Video 360 (DV360) (formerly DoubleClick Bid Manager)—as well as publishers that sell advertisements using Google Ad Manager (GAM) (formerly separate products: DoubleClick for Publishers and AdX).
Google and Facebook—competitors in the display advertisement market—agreed to not compete under a deal code-named “Jedi Blue.” Under Jedi Blue's terms, Facebook agreed not to use or support “header bidding,” a technology that would allow publishers and advertisers to circumvent Google’s monopoly over technology enabling the buying and selling of digital display advertisements. In exchange, Facebook received preferential treatment while using Google’s software.
This agreement not to compete entrenched Google’s monopoly while allowing Facebook to share in Google’s monopoly profits. We believe businesses that purchased digital display advertisements using Google Ads or DV360 and publishers that sold these advertisements using GAM could recover damages resulting from Facebook and Google’s anticompetitive agreement.
