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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al v. GOOGLE LLC
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1:20-cv-03010
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Firms
- Aegis Law Group
- Berkowitz Lichtstein
- Bondurant Mixson
- Capes Sokol
- Clifford Chance
- Cohen & Gresser
- Cozmyk Law Offices
- Crowell & Moring
- Davis Polk
- Dechert LLP
- Foley & Lardner
- Gibson Dunn
- Greenstein DeLorme
- Holland & Knight
- Hueston Hennigan
- Latham & Watkins
- Lewis & Llewellyn
- Locke Lord
- McDermott Will & Emery
- Orrick Herrington
- Patterson Belknap
- Ropes & Gray
- Shook Hardy
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Skadden Arps
- WalterKipling
- White & Case
- Williams & Connolly
- Wilson Sonsini
- Zelle LLP
Companies
- Amazon.com Inc.
- American Antitrust Institute
- American Economic Liberties Project
- Apple Inc.
- AT&T Inc.
- Booking Holdings Inc.
- Comcast Corp.
- Digital Content Next
- DuckDuckGo Inc.
- EE Ltd.
- Google LLC
- Group M Worldwide LLC
- Microsoft Corp.
- Motorola Mobility LLC
- NBCUniversal Media LLC
- Oracle Corp.
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Sonos Inc.
- The Home Depot Inc.
- T-Mobile US Inc.
- Verizon Communications Inc.
- Yelp Inc.
Government Agencies
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- State of Indiana
- State of Maryland
- State of Michigan
- State of Nevada
- State of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
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October 03, 2023
Google Wants Default Status To 'Freeze System,' Judge Told
The D.C. federal judge weighing the fate of Google's search business zeroed in Tuesday on why the company pays billions each year for default status on Apple's Safari browser and elsewhere, prompting an important Justice Department witness to reinforce government allegations about the sticking power of those defaults.
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October 02, 2023
Preloading Bing Best Way To Compete With Google, CEO Says
Microsoft's CEO testified Monday that making a search engine the default on a device is the only factor that really determines what a user will employ, backing U.S. Department of Justice allegations in D.C. federal court that Google's default status on Apple devices and all Androids gives it a powerful advantage over rivals like Microsoft's Bing.
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September 29, 2023
'We're On Track,' Judge Says Despite Google's Complaints
A D.C. federal judge refused Friday to rein in the U.S. Department of Justice and state enforcers suing Google over its search dominance, rejecting company assertions that the government is improperly extending the clock and potentially putting the trial on a course that will spill over into the week of Thanksgiving.
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September 28, 2023
Microsoft Willing To Lose Money On Bing Deals, Judge Told
A Microsoft executive testified Thursday in the Justice Department's D.C. federal court case against Google that Microsoft was so intent on wresting away Google's default search status, it offered distribution partners deals that would be net negative for Microsoft.
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September 27, 2023
Apple Uses Bing's Overtures To Leverage Google, Judge Told
Microsoft has never really gotten anywhere in enticing Apple to switch away from Google as the default search engine on the Safari browser, an executive responsible for Bing told a D.C. federal judge Wednesday in the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust case against Google.
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September 26, 2023
Apple Frets Over 'Substantial' Info Risks In Google Trial
U.S. Department of Justice disputes with Apple and Google over efforts to safeguard sensitive corporate information in the government antitrust case against Google spilled into very public view this week, casting rare insight into concerns that have kept large swaths of testimony in closed session.
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September 26, 2023
Apple VP: No Need For 'Inferior' Options To Google Search
Apple never really needed to consider alternatives to Google Search for the Safari browser on Macs and iPhones, a senior vice president testified Tuesday in D.C. federal court, pushing back on U.S. Department of Justice assertions that Google's default placement threatens privacy and is based purely on billions in revenue sharing.
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September 21, 2023
Switching From Google 'Too Many Steps,' Rival CEO Says
DuckDuckGo's CEO testified about the outsize power of Google's default status on web browsers and smartphones Thursday, backing U.S. Department of Justice assertions in D.C. federal court that switching between search engines is a far more complicated process than Google claims.
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September 20, 2023
Judge Told New Google Search Systems Don't Need User Data
A former Google engineer on Wednesday told the judge overseeing the government's search monopolization trial that the company uses data about user interactions to help rank search results, despite its public position, but said it also has systems that don't rely on user data.
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September 19, 2023
Exec Says Google Must Constantly Innovate To Retain Users
A Google executive said during the government's search monopolization case on Tuesday that the ads on search result pages help provide a better user experience, and argued that Google has been losing ground to advertising competitors for the last several years.