Peppered with court cases over its collection of Web traffic data from wireless networks, Google needs all cases combine into one, and for that solitary case to be heard by a court close to its Mountain View, California, headquarter?

In an activity this week with U.S. Legal Panel on Multidistrict Proceedings, Google needs that the eight "Wi-Fi" court cases, plus any prospect ones, be rolled into one at U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Google quarrel that all complaints make similar assertion and that combine pretrial proceedings will be convenient for all parties involved, including the courts.

"All of complaints in Google Wi-Fi Cases assert argues under the federal Wiretap Act.

Some cases engage other, similar claims, with state law claims topic to preemption influence under federal law. All of the complaints create very alike truthful allegations, and thus any essential discovery will be of ordinary facts," the motion reads.

"Missing pretrial management or consolidation, the option of conflicting pretrial rulings exists, particularly with respect to correct scope and amount of discovery, class qualifications and other factual and legal matters," the motion reads.