The State Of Texas, et al V Google, LLC

  1. February 16, 2024

    States Defend Authority To Bring Texas Google Ad Tech Case

    State enforcers have told a Texas federal court they have standing to sue Google for allegedly violating federal antitrust law with its control over key digital advertising technology, arguing that states play an important role in enforcing the statutes and that Google's dismissal bid is unfounded.

  2. February 15, 2024

    Google, AGs Told To Step Up Discovery In Texas-Led Suit

    A Texas federal judge on Thursday told counsel for Google and a coalition of states led by Texas that they must do a better job coordinating discovery in an antitrust suit accusing the tech giant of monopolizing the online ad market.

  3. February 14, 2024

    Google Again Targets 'Strategic' Texas AGs' Ad Tech Delays

    Google is hoping a newly appointed special master can finally force a coalition of state attorneys general led by Texas to hand over "fundamental information" it said Tuesday has long been improperly withheld from one of three cases targeting its dominance over display advertising placement auction technology.

  4. February 05, 2024

    DOJ's Google Ad Tech Case Gets Sept. 9 Trial In Va.

    A Virginia federal judge teed Google up Monday for its next big antitrust battle and the first of three targeting its display advertising placement auction technology dominance, scheduling a Sept. 9 kickoff to the jury trial sought by the U.S. Department of Justice.

  5. February 02, 2024

    Google Faces Mounting Pressures In Ad Tech Cases

    A Texas federal judge said Friday that Google would have to refile a dismissal bid aimed at state attorneys general allegations targeting its display advertising placement auction technology dominance, while half a continent away the U.S. Department of Justice eyed a July trial over that same technology in a Virginia federal courtroom.

  6. January 24, 2024

    Google Defends Ad Tech Dismissal Bids From AG Attacks

    Google urged a Texas federal judge Tuesday not to listen to "empty rhetoric" raised by state attorneys general contending the search giant violated court rules when it filed dual motions to dismiss allegations targeting its dominance over the technology that places display advertising on third-party websites.

  7. January 22, 2024

    Google Accused Of Invalid Motion To Kill States' Antitrust Suit

    Google "blatantly violated" court rules against filing multiple motions to dismiss when it lodged a second bid to kill an antitrust suit filed by a coalition of conservative state attorney generals, according to the states' filing in Texas federal court.

  8. January 16, 2024

    Google Says States Lack Standing To Pursue Ad Tech Suit

    Google urged a Texas federal judge on Tuesday to toss an antitrust suit by a coalition of 17 states accusing the tech giant of monopolizing online advertising, saying the states don't have standing to use the federal court "to collectively enforce federal and state laws against a private actor."

  9. January 04, 2024

    Google Suit May Get Jackson Walker Atty As Special Master

    A Texas federal judge has suggested David T. Moran of Jackson Walker LLP as a special master to oversee potentially contentious discovery in an antitrust suit against Google from a coalition of conservative attorneys general headed to trial next year.

  10. January 03, 2024

    Google Ad Monopoly Suit Set For Texas Trial In 2025

    An antitrust suit accusing Google of monopolizing online advertising pursued by a Texas-led coalition of conservative attorneys general will go to trial next year, more than six months later than the court date requested by the states, according to a federal court order.