UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al v. GOOGLE LLC

  1. September 13, 2023

    Google Prioritized Being Default Search Engine, Ex-Exec Says

    The U.S. Department of Justice used a former Google official's testimony Wednesday to highlight the kind of value the company placed on being the default search engine on web browsers and early smartphones, a position the official said was sought in every partnership he worked on.

  2. September 12, 2023

    Google Feared Losing Default Status, Judge Hears

    The Justice Department laid out its case against Google in D.C. federal court Tuesday, outlining the lengths the company goes to ensure it is the default on smartphones and browsers, including threatening to withhold billions of dollars in revenue sharing for Apple if the smartphone maker switched search engines.

  3. September 08, 2023

    Google Appeals To Public Ahead Of Search Monopoly Trial

    Ahead of a looming trial for the government's landmark case accusing Google of monopolization, the tech giant asserted Friday in a public defense of its business practices that people use its search engine because they want to, not because they have to.

  4. September 08, 2023

    Google's Deals Face Biggest DOJ Antitrust Case In Years

    A foundational piece of the internet is about to be tested as Google fights U.S. Department of Justice allegations that the company created an illegal online stranglehold by paying billions of dollars annually to provide the default search engine on iPhones, Mozilla browsers and Verizon devices.

  5. August 31, 2023

    DOJ Insists Apple Execs Must Testify In Google Search Trial

    Three Apple executives can't escape testifying at the U.S. Department of Justice's looming trial over Google's search dominance, the government told a D.C. federal judge in a filing unsealed Thursday, arguing it will be prejudiced if it can't examine the employees "given Apple's central role in the case."

  6. August 21, 2023

    Google Wants No 'Abandoned' IoT Claims In DOJ Search Trial

    The U.S. Department of Justice shouldn't be able to present evidence of claims it's abandoned in the looming bench trial accusing Google of signing illegally exclusionary default search contracts with web browsers, wireless services and phone makers, the company told a D.C. federal judge in a brief unsealed Friday.

  7. August 16, 2023

    Google Calls Search Quality 'Critical Defect' In DOJ Case

    Google urged a D.C. federal judge Tuesday not to let the U.S. Department of Justice block evidence of the quality of its search engine and the benefits of default contracts with web browsers, wireless services and phone makers from a looming bench trial, arguing they're central elements of the case.

  8. August 15, 2023

    Apple's AI, Merger VPs Fight To Avoid Google Witness Stand

    Apple Inc. thinks providing 21.5 hours of deposition testimony and more than 1 million pages of documents is enough participation in the U.S. Department of Justice's looming trial over Google LLC's search dominance, telling a D.C. federal judge in a filing unsealed Monday that there's no need for three company vice presidents to testify live.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.