Gurminder Singh v. Google LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 GURMINDER SINGH, Case No. 16-cv-03734-BLF

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

v. CLASS CERTIFICATION

GOOGLE LLC, [Re: ECF No. 134] Defendant.

12 This case concerns the AdWords program1 run by Defendant Google LLC. Through AdWords, Google sells to individuals and businesses of all sizes pay-per-click advertisements that are displayed on the Google Display Network, which consists of Google.com, other Google properties (such as YouTube and Gmail), and third-party sites who enroll in Google’s separate AdSense program. Plaintiff Gurminder Singh, a small business owner, signed up for AdWords in January 2008 and now controls multiple AdWords accounts. Singh alleges that Google deceives advertisers who use AdWords by making false and misleading statements concerning (1) how effectively Google identifies and filters out invalid and fraudulent clicks on advertisements;…