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. February 23, 2023

    DOJ Wants Google Sanctioned Over Chat Deletion

    The U.S. Department of Justice wants sanctions against Google for allegedly automatically deleting employee chats that the agency says could have been helpful in the government's ongoing case accusing the company of monopolizing online search and search advertising markets.

  2. February 21, 2023

    Antitrust Group, Economists Back DOJ, AGs Against Google

    A major antitrust advocacy group and a trio of behavioral economists moved Friday to back the U.S. Department of Justice and attorneys general accusing Google of illegally monopolizing online search and search advertising, assailing the internet giant's attempts to "divide and conquer" the D.C. federal court lawsuits.

  3. 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."

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. January 02, 2023

    Antitrust Conduct Issues And Cases To Watch In 2023

    The Federal Trade Commission prepares to test the limits of its authority to combat unfair methods of competition in the coming year, as the U.S. Department of Justice and state enforcers continue pushing aggressive antitrust agendas alongside new proposed class actions from private parties.

  7. October 19, 2022

    DOJ Says Google Can't Exclude Technology Ethicist

    The Justice Department has urged a D.C. federal court to reject a bid by Google LLC to exclude a Notre Dame technology ethics expert from the government's landmark monopolization case against the search giant.

  8. August 24, 2022

    DOJ Wants 'Raw' Google Data To Ensure No Cherry-Picking

    The U.S. Department of Justice battled Google in a D.C. federal court hearing Wednesday over access to "raw" search data sought to ensure the technology giant did not selectively pick what its expert was looking at when analyzing how consumers use the service.

  9. June 17, 2022

    Google Can't Ask About Default Search Contracts With Rivals

    A D.C. federal judge refused Friday to force the Justice Department to answer additional questions about its views on the web of contracts keeping Google as the default search on smartphones, questioning why it matters if the government would consider those deals illegal if struck by other providers.

  10. May 13, 2022

    No Sanctions For Google's 'Privilege' Labeling

    A D.C. federal judge refused to sanction Google based on the U.S. Department of Justice's allegations of the tech giant training employees to hide evidence of supposed monopolistic practices behind privilege claims, having previously indicated he believes he lacks the authority to punish prelitigation conduct.