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`EXHIBIT A
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`UNITED STATES JUDICIAL PANEL
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`MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
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`IN RE: GOOGLE DIGITAL ADVERTISING
`ANTITRUST LITIGATION
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`Klein v. Meta Platforms, Inc.,
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`N.D. California, C.A. No. 3:20-08570
`) MDL No. 3010
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`CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER (CTO-7)
`WITH SIMULTANEOUS SEPARATION AND REMAND
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` On August 10, 2021, the Panel transferred 18 civil action(s) to the United States District Court
`for the Southern District of New York for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings
`pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. See In re Digital Advertising Antitrust Litig., 2021 WL 3523450
`(J.P.M.L. Aug. 10, 2021). Since that time, 11 additional actions have been transferred to the
`Southern District of New York. With the consent of that court, all such actions have been assigned
`to the Honorable P. Kevin Castel.
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` It appears that the action on this conditional transfer order encompasses multiple complaints
`that were consolidated under a single case name and number – Klein v. Meta Platforms, Inc., No.
`3:20-8570) ( “Klein”) – and presently are comprised of the claims in two class action complaints,
`one complaint brought by Facebook users (the “consumer action”)1 and one complaint brought by
`Facebook “advertisers” (the “advertiser action”).2 It further appears that (1) the advertiser action
`claims involve questions of fact common to the actions previously transferred to MDL No. 3010;
`and (2) the consumer action claims do not involve questions of fact common to the actions in MDL
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` Pursuant to Rule 7.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the United States Judicial Panel on
`Multidistrict Litigation, the action listed above is transferred under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 to the
`Southern District of New York for the reasons stated in the order of August 10, 2021, and, with
`the consent of that court, assigned to the Honorable P. Kevin Castel.
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` The consumer action claims are hereby separated and simultaneously remanded under 28
`U.S.C. § 1407(a), to the Northern District of California.
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`1 See Klein, Doc. No. 87, Consol. Consumer Class Action Compl. (N.D. Cal. Apr. 22, 2021).
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`2 See Klein, Doc. No. 237, First Am. Consol. Advertiser Class Action Compl. (N.D. Cal. Feb. 28,
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` This order does not become effective until it is filed in the Office of the Clerk of the United
`States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The transmittal of this order to said
`Clerk shall be stayed 7 days from the entry thereof. If any party files a notice of opposition with
`the Clerk of the Panel within this 7-day period, the stay will be continued until further order of the
`Panel.
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`FOR THE PANEL:
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`John W. Nichols
`Clerk of the Panel
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