GoKawiilBC court certifies class action against Apple over Google search default deal
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has certified a class action lawsuit against Apple, originally filed in 2021 by event rental company Spark Event Rentals Ltd. The suit alleges Apple's agreement making Google the default search engine on Safari helped suppress competition in search, letting Google charge advertisers inflated prices. Apple has argued the deal was a standard distribution arrangement and that it was an 'innocent bystander' in Google's alleged anticompetitive conduct.
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The certification lets the Canadian case draw on evidence from the US Department of Justice's antitrust trial, where a federal judge found Google illegally maintained its search monopoly partly through its Apple deal. This could expose Apple to financial liability in Canada tied to Google's conduct, even though Apple was not the primary target of the US ruling. The case adds to mounting global scrutiny of default search agreements across the US, UK, Australia, EU and Japan.
- BC Supreme Court certified a class action against Apple over its Google search deal
- Case originated with Spark Event Rentals Ltd.'s 2021 complaint alleging inflated ad prices
- US antitrust trial evidence against Google is now central to the Canadian litigation
Source: 9to5mac.com — Marcus Mendes, 2026-11-10
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