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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al v. GOOGLE LLC

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Case Number:

1:20-cv-03010

Court:

District Of Columbia

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Judge:

Amit P. Mehta

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  1. August 15, 2023

    Antitrust Watchers Are About To Have Their Hands Full

    A deluge of trials and key hearings are slated for the coming weeks in antitrust cases spread across the country, including the first expected trials for monopolization claims against Google, trials in a variety of other conduct cases from enforcers and private parties, and hearings on several merger challenges.

  2. August 04, 2023

    DOJ Bound For Google Search Trial, Core Claims Intact

    A D.C. federal judge teed up the first Big Tech antitrust conduct case of the modern era for trial in an order unsealed Friday preserving the core of the U.S. Department of Justice case accusing Google of anti-competitively exclusive contracts making its search engine the default on phones and browsers.

  3. August 02, 2023

    DOJ Wants Limits On Google's Search Innovation Arguments

    The U.S. Department of Justice and state-level enforcers are looking to prevent Google from arguing during a coming September trial that the quality of its products offers a complete defense to claims that it monopolizes search and search advertising markets.

  4. June 28, 2023

    Google Must Turn Over Memos For Search Case Sanctions Bid

    A D.C. federal court on Wednesday ordered Google to turn over memos instructing employees to preserve internal chats after claims from the U.S. Department of Justice and state enforcers that the company destroyed evidence in their search monopolization case.

  5. April 27, 2023

    Google Search Judge Needs More Info On Chat Sanctions Bid

    The D.C. federal judge overseeing federal and state enforcers' actions accusing Google of monopolizing search and search advertising markets called for more information Thursday about a pending bid to sanction the company for deleting internal employee chats.

  6. April 17, 2023

    DOJ, Google Dispute When Gov't Discovered Chat Deletions

    The U.S. Department of Justice's bid to sanction Google for failing to preserve internal chats may come down to timing, according to last week's hearing and a DOJ filing, unsealed Monday, that continued to assail the search giant's claim that government attorneys knew about Google's chat deletion policies for years.

  7. April 13, 2023

    Why Must Google Permit Rival Search Engines? Judge Asks

    The inherent power of browser and device contracts making Google their default search was top of mind Thursday for a federal judge mulling whether that power is enough to let the Justice Department's monopolization case go to trial, or find that Google had no obligation to swear off exclusivity.

  8. March 20, 2023

    Google Calls Sanctions Bid In Search Monopoly Case Too Late

    Google has urged a District of Columbia federal court to reject a bid from the U.S. Department of Justice and a group of states for sanctions over its deletion of employee chats in a search and search advertising monopolization case, arguing that the effort comes far too late.

  9. March 06, 2023

    Google Opposes Amicus Efforts In DOJ, AG's Antitrust Case

    Google has opposed proposed amici briefs from an antitrust nonprofit and behavioral economists in litigation accusing the company of monopolizing online search and search advertising, saying Friday their interests are already represented by the plaintiffs and the motions are untimely.

  10. February 23, 2023

    DOJ Wants Google Sanctioned Over Chat Deletion

    The U.S. Department of Justice wants sanctions against Google for allegedly automatically deleting employee chats that the agency says could have been helpful in the government's ongoing case accusing the company of monopolizing online search and search advertising markets.

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