Free Range Content, Inc. v. Google LLC www.AdSensePublisherSettlement.com

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Overview

If, between May 20, 2010 and to May 7, 2018, you were an AdSense publisher, subject to the AdSense terms for the United States, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the United States Minor Outlying Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or Canada, and Google disabled or terminated your AdSense account, and withheld the unpaid amounts in your AdSense account in their entirety and permanently in connection with such disablement or termination, and the sum withheld totaled $10 or more, you may be entitled to benefits under a class action settlement.

Plaintiffs brought this class action lawsuit against Google Inc., as predecessor to Google LLC (“Google” or “Defendant”), and alleged that when Google terminated publishers’ AdSense accounts for alleged breach of contract, it improperly withheld unpaid amounts in those publishers’ AdSense accounts. Plaintiffs alleged that Google’s conduct, among other things, breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Google has at all times denied any and all alleged wrongdoing.

ADDITIONAL SETTLEMENT CLASS MEMBER LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS SUBMIT A CLAIM FORM

DECEMBER 17, 2018

PASSED If you submitted a Valid Claim by December 17, 2018, you may receive a payment. You have also given up your rights to sue Google and/or any other released entities regarding the legal claims in this case. EXCLUDE YOURSELF FROM THE SETTLEMENT

DECEMBER 17, 2018

PASSED This is the only option that allowed you to sue Google and/or other released parties on your own regarding the legal claims in this case. You will not receive a payment from the settlement. The deadline for additional Settlement Class Members to opt out was December 17, 2018. OBJECT TO THE SETTLEMENT

DECEMBER 17, 2018

PASSED The deadline for additional Settlement Class Members to object was December 17, 2018. Any Objections will be shared with the Court. If you objected to the settlement, you are bound by the settlement’s terms and are not allowed to exclude yourself from the settlement; you lost the right to sue Google and/or any other released entities regarding the legal claims in this case. DO NOTHING If you did nothing, you will not receive any payment. You have lost the right to sue Google and/or any other released entities regarding the legal claims in this case.