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. January 16, 2026

    Google Appeals DOJ Search Win, Seeks Data-Sharing Stay

    Google on Friday filed its long-awaited notice of appeal of a D.C. federal judge's decision that the tech giant is an online search monopolist, while asking to pause some remedies won by the U.S. Department of Justice that require the company to share search data with competitors.

  2. December 05, 2025

    Google Search Judge Issues Finalized Antitrust Mandates

    A D.C. federal judge Friday issued the finalized package of remedies in the U.S. Department of Justice's case targeting Google's search monopoly, mostly agreeing with the government's proposals for exactly what Google must do to prop up rivals and restore competition in the search engine market.

  3. November 05, 2025

    Microsoft Wants To Weigh In On Google Search Fixes, Too

    Microsoft is urging a D.C. federal court to make sure that the limits imposed on Google in the U.S. Department of Justice's search monopolization case prevent the search giant from inking multiyear default agreements and that they reach new types of generative artificial intelligence products.

  4. November 03, 2025

    OpenAI Seeking Rejected DOJ Search Fixes, Google Says

    Google urged a D.C. federal judge Monday not to let OpenAI wade into the U.S. Department of Justice's case against its search monopoly, arguing the ChatGPT maker is too late and is advocating for help "grounding" its artificial intelligence model, even though the judge explicitly rejected just such a remedy.

  5. October 31, 2025

    OpenAI Opposes 'Cookie-Cutter' Google Search Fixes

    OpenAI waded into the Justice Department's case against Google's search monopoly Friday to urge the D.C. federal judge to apply flexibility to mandates requiring Google to syndicate its search results to would-be rivals, arguing that permitting Google's more rigid "ten blue links" proposal would stifle "innovative uses."

  6. October 08, 2025

    'I Don't Want To Be A Referee,' Google Search Judge Says

    A D.C. federal judge faced the prospect Wednesday of years more involvement in the U.S. Justice Department's case against Google's search monopoly, saying during a hearing that he's trying to balance avoiding being a "referee" for his remedies decision while preventing "misuses" of data sharing and search syndication mandates.

  7. September 03, 2025

    Google Can Thank AI's Rise For Mixed Search Remedies

    Despite Google's resounding defeat last year in the U.S. Department of Justice's case targeting its search monopoly, the company will face only a mixed bag of remedies aimed at propping up search engine rivals and limiting its distribution contracts.

  8. September 02, 2025

    Google Keeps Chrome, Payments, But Must Prop Up Rivals

    A D.C. federal judge imposed sweeping requirements on Google on Tuesday meant to prop up search engine rivals with data, but rejected the U.S. Department of Justice's demand that the company spin off its Chrome browser or that it be barred from paying for search engine placement.

  9. August 04, 2025

    Google Says Term Limits Only Needed For Some Search Fixes

    Google told the D.C. federal court overseeing the government search monopolization case that there is no need to put a one-year term limit on its default search agreements with Android device manufacturers and wireless carriers because they are not exclusive.

  10. July 25, 2025

    Google Says Rival 'Indisputably' Too Late For Search Fix

    Google urged a D.C. federal judge Friday to ignore a search advertising rival's attempt to weigh in on the Justice Department's bid to force the syndication of search and search advertising results, castigating the "neither relevant nor useful" amicus brief as filed more than two months too late.