SINGH v. GOOGLE LLC PUTATIVE CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT Defendants Google LLC (“Google”), Alphabet Inc. (“Alphabet”), Meta Platforms Inc. (“Meta”), the Advertiser Plaintiffs (as defined below) and Plaintiff Sunny Singh (“Singh,” and collectively with the other defined parties, the “Parties”’) stipulate and agree as follows: WHEREAS,on November18, 2022, the Court stayed any motion practice onall state law claims in this MDL under Pre-Trial Order No. 4, without prejudice to the right of any party to apply to the Court to dissolve the stay ninety days after entry of the order (Dkt. 392); WHEREAS,on December 2, 2022, Hanson Law Office, Cliffy Care Landscaping, Inc. and Kinin,Inc.
1:21-md-03010-PKC Document 752-1 Filed 04/18/ Page 2of4 Case 1:21-md-03010-PKC Document.771 Filed 05/01/24 Page 2 of 4 alia, claims against Google and Meta arising from the Network Bidding Agreement (“NBA”) based on Section | of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1 (Count IID) and the Cartwright Act, Cal.
(Count IV); WHEREAS, on May 1, 2023, the Singh action was transferred to the Southern District of New York and consolidated and coordinated with the MDLfor pre-trial proceedings (Singh v. Google LLC, 23-cv-03651 (S.D.N.Y.)); WHEREAS,on September 8, 2023, Google, Alphabet, and Meta filed motionsto dismiss the federal claims in the Singh Complaint (Dkt. Nos. 625 & 628); WHEREAS, on March1, 2024, the Court dismissed the Advertiser Plaintiffs’ and Singh’s federal antitrust claim arising from the NBA against Meta, Google and Alphabet based on Section 1 of the Sherman Act (Count IIT) (Dkt. No. 701); WHEREAS, on March 1, 2024, the Court entered an order, based on the stipulation of the parties (see Dkt. No. 588-1), that any ruling by the Court on the pending motions to dismiss the Advertisers’ CAC, except a ruling regarding issues of individual
Case 1:21-md-03010-PKC Document.771 Filed 05/01/24 Page 3 of 4 namedplaintiffs’ obligations to arbitrate claims against Defendants Google and Alphabet, would be deemedto apply to the Singh Complaint (Dkt. No. 702); NOW THEREFORE,the Parties, through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate and agree as follows: lL.
Notwithstanding this dismissal, the Parties reserveall rights of appeal relating to the Advertiser Plaintiffs’ and Plaintiff Singh’s claimsarising from the NBA.