UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al v. GOOGLE LLC

  1. January 07, 2022

    'Unrealistic' Bid For Google Revenue-Sharing Docs Mires DOJ

    A D.C. federal judge Friday said the U.S. Department of Justice is being "unrealistic" by demanding Google reveal the "methodology" used to calculate what it's willing to pay phone companies and mobile carriers to make Google Search their default when the payments largely result from individual negotiations.

  2. December 07, 2021

    DOJ Case Against Google Formally Split In Two

    The official order has come down splitting Google's upcoming antitrust monopoly trials in two, after the tech behemoth and the U.S. Department of Justice and state enforcers bringing suit convinced a D.C. federal court that getting liability out of the way first was the best way to go.

  3. November 30, 2021

    DOJ, AGs Get 45 More Days On Google Discovery, Split Trial

    A D.C. federal judge gave the U.S. Department of Justice and state attorneys general an extra 45 days for discovery Tuesday in their monopolization case against Google, while insisting that the newly bifurcated case will go to trial in September 2023 "by hook or by crook."

  4. November 24, 2021

    Gov't Wants More Time For Discovery In Google Search Case

    The U.S. Department of Justice and state enforcers asked a D.C. federal court for three extra months to complete discovery in the landmark monopolization case targeting Google's search and search advertising operations, saying it wouldn't impact the slated 2023 trial date.

  5. October 28, 2021

    Judge Won't Make Google Refresh Docs 'Through Trial'

    A D.C. federal judge suggested Thursday that limits may be necessary on the Justice Department's efforts to obtain information from Google ahead of a trial over the company's alleged monopolization of search and search advertising, even if Google's agreements to maintain search primacy are continuously updating.

  6. October 05, 2021

    Google Seeks Docs From Yelp Executive In Monopoly Case

    Google urged a D.C. federal judge to make Yelp hand over documents from a senior public policy executive who led the company's outreach for claims against the search giant that ultimately appeared in the government's antitrust case.

  7. September 28, 2021

    DOJ Bars Google Drive For Sharing Docs In Monopoly Case

    Google's legal team is spending days burning information onto hard drives because Justice Department security protocols prevent the sharing of discovery via the cloud, the parties told the D.C. federal judge handling the search and search advertising monopolization case on Tuesday.

  8. September 02, 2021

    Dems Call For Criminal Inquiry Into Google-Facebook Ad Deal

    Democratic U.S. senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal urged the U.S. Department of Justice to open its own investigation into 'Jedi Blue,' a 2018 agreement between Google and Facebook that allegedly sought to kill competitive bidding for advertising space.

  9. August 31, 2021

    DOJ Using 'Hammer' For 'Scalpel' Google Discovery: Judge

    A D.C. federal judge criticized the Justice Department during a status conference Tuesday for what he described as an overly broad demand for Google to turn over information on some 25,000 documents the search giant had redacted or withheld in other antitrust probes over the last 14 years.

  10. August 19, 2021

    Apple Created 'Roadblocks' To DOJ's Google Suit, Court Told

    A D.C. federal judge tried Thursday to resolve a discovery dispute between the U.S. Department of Justice and Apple, one of the most crucial third parties to the government's antitrust case against Google, and apparently a major thorn in the DOJ's side as discovery proceeds.

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