The State Of Texas, et al V Google, LLC
Case Number:
4:20-cv-00957
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Firms
- Ahmad Zavitsanos
- Axinn Veltrop
- Cooper & Kirk
- Dhillon Law Group
- Dugan Law Firm
- Freshfields
- Gibbs & Bruns
- Hausfeld LLP
- Jackson Walker LLP
- Keller Postman
- Lanier Law Firm
- Norton Rose
- Weil Gotshal
- Yetter Coleman
Companies
Government Agencies
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
- State of Indiana
- State of Nevada
- Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
- Texas General Land Office
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August 05, 2021
Texas Drops Some Google Damages Claims To Avoid Transfer
The Texas-led coalition of attorneys general accusing Google of monopolizing the display advertising market moved Wednesday to drop the only antitrust damages claims that the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation could use to combine the enforcer case with private proposed class actions for trial.
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July 29, 2021
MDL Objections In Big Tech Ad Monopoly Suits Perplex Judge
A member of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Thursday rebuked publishers and advertisers objecting to centralizing a Texas-led antitrust suit against Google with a slew of private actions accusing the company of monopolizing the display advertising market, saying their protest "is a little perplexing."
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July 23, 2021
Judge Demands Specifics From La., SC In Texas' Google Case
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June 18, 2021
Louisiana AG Wants To Join Texas' Google Antitrust Suit
Louisiana's attorney general has asked a Texas federal judge to let the Pelican State join an antitrust lawsuit from multiple states over Google's display advertising practices, saying it shares the same complaints against the online search giant.
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June 04, 2021
Google Wants Texas Antitrust Case Included In MDL
Following a failed bid to transfer a suit led by the Texas Attorney General's Office to California, Google is pushing the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to centralize the suit in the Golden State with more than a dozen private cases alleging the tech giant monopolizes the display advertising market.
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States' Suit Against Google Staying Put In Texas
A Texas federal judge on Thursday night refused to send a Texas-led monopolization lawsuit against Google to California, rejecting the search giant's arguments that the case belongs with its private counterparts and that gathering evidence and witnesses in the Lone Star state would be more difficult.
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Google Judge Mulls Weight Of States' Choice In Transfer Bid
A federal judge pressed Google on Thursday to justify its bid to transfer a Texas-led monopolization lawsuit from the Lone Star State to California, questioning whether eliminating the risk of duplicative litigation alleging monopolization of the display advertising market warrants upending state enforcers' choice of venue.