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Major Search Sites Could Owe Millions

There is not doubting the fact that the U.S. federal government is looking for scapegoats as the country cuts down on illegal gambling activity. Just weeks ago the U.S. federal government settled with the more popular search engines for illegal advertising related to the online casinos industry. But not it seems that the federal government is not the only people in the U.S. looking to make the search engines pay for supporting the online casinos industry. In fact, Google and Yahoo! are facing another trial, this one based in California, for internet gambling advertising related accusations.

The federal government case concluded that the major search engines owed $31.5 million in the settlement. And though this amount squares the companies up with the government, Californians are looking for something that the search engines may feel a bit more than jus $31.5 million. Both Google, Yahoo!, and a few other prominent search engines are the target of a class action lawsuit that was brought up in the Californa Supreme Court.

HHBS (Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro) is the law firm handling the class action lawsuit that really brings home the online casinos issue. As the class action lawsuit gears up to go to the Californian Supreme Court, the head attorney at HHBS, Reed Kathrein, commented on why exactly the people are going up against the major search engines. He remarks, "We believe these companies have been profiting from this illegal practice for more than a decade, and we believe the agreement with the government does not go far enough. The settlements are a great victory and a tacit admission by these online advertisers, but there is still more work to do in holding these companies accountable for the harm they have done to Californians, and to keep them and others from continuing these practices.”