STATE OF COLORADO et al v. GOOGLE LLC

  1. 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.

  2. February 16, 2023

    DOJ, States Say Google Can't Yet Ditch Search Engine Suits

    The U.S. Department of Justice and a coalition of states have urged a D.C. federal court to reject Google's attempt to ditch landmark antitrust litigation over its default search engine, arguing that accepting the company's approach to the dispute "would make the antitrust laws bow to admitted monopolists."

  3. February 03, 2023

    Google's Antitrust Trouble Is Piling Up

    The U.S. Department of Justice's Jan. 24 suit seeking to break up Google's advertising business adds to a mountain of antitrust litigation already targeting the tech giant. In addition to federal enforcement, Google is also facing cases from dozens of state-level enforcers, as well as from developers, advertisers and consumers, all accusing it of monopolizing various digital markets.

  4. January 11, 2023

    Google Seeks Win In Default Search Engine Antitrust Suits

    The decision by numerous phone manufacturers and browser developers to make Google the default search engine for their products stems from it being the highest quality option rather than a monopolization effort, the search giant said in an unsealed bid to end the government's landmark antitrust cases.

  5. March 09, 2022

    DOJ, Google Continue Tussling Over Discovery

    The U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion for sanctions against Google Inc. ahead of a conference in D.C. federal court Wednesday over discovery disputes in the government's search advertising monopolization case.

  6. February 22, 2022

    Google Antitrust Judge OKs DOJ's 'Likely' Witness List

    A D.C. federal judge agreed with the Justice Department and state attorneys general Monday in a dispute with Google over the language that should be used for lists of potential witnesses in a landmark antitrust suit against the technology giant and capped potential third-party witnesses at 40 per side.

  7. February 18, 2022

    DOJ, Google Still Can't Agree Over 'Likely' Witness Lists

    State and federal antitrust enforcers and Google told a D.C. federal judge Thursday they are close to finalizing their lists of potential witnesses to call in a case accusing the technology giant of monopolizing search and search advertising, but that the parties still disagree about wording.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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."