TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Oct 23, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from South Carolina's Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department, which sought to shield information from Google in an ongoing antitrust lawsuit. According to Reuters, the department argued it was immune from Google's subpoenas because it was not a named plaintiff in the antitrust lawsuit and thus should not be considered an “arm of the state.” The high court's order let stand a lower court ruling requiring the department to provide advertising-related records. In the underlying lawsuit, South Carolina and 16 other states sued Google for allegedly overcharging for its advertising technology. Google has sought information from the states to fight those allegations. It said dozens of other state agencies complied with its demands for information.