UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al v. GOOGLE LLC

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:20-cv-03010

Court:

District Of Columbia

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Judge:

Amit P. Mehta

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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. April 20, 2022

    Google IDs 0 Cases Backing Sanctions Power; DOJ Finds 15

    The Justice Department and Google provided dramatically different responses to a D.C. federal judge's request for examples of court sanctions that could help determine whether the company can be punished for allegedly training employees to hide evidence of supposed monopolistic practices behind privilege claims.

  5. April 12, 2022

    Google, DOJ Asked To Submit More Info In Privilege Row

    A D.C. federal judge reiterated Tuesday that he is skeptical he can sanction Google based on U.S. Department of Justice allegations that the search giant trained employees to help shield documents from discovery by making them appear privileged, but asked the parties to submit more information.

  6. April 08, 2022

    Google's 'Privilege' Labeling Unlikely To Yield Sanctions

    A D.C. federal judge indicated Friday he's unlikely to sanction Google based on U.S. Department of Justice allegations that the search giant trained employees to help shield documents from discovery by making them appear privileged, asserting during a hearing that there's no precedent for punishing pre-litigation conduct.

  7. April 07, 2022

    DOJ Says Google's 8,000 New Releases Show Privilege Abuse

    In the week after the U.S. Department of Justice accused Google of training employees to help shield documents from discovery by making them appear privileged, the search giant released more than 8,000 documents it previously wrongly withheld, the agency said in a brief supporting its sanction bid.

  8. March 24, 2022

    Google Says Attys CC'd Under Legit Rules, Not Fake Privilege

    Google told a D.C. federal judge Thursday there was nothing nefarious about company training instructing employees to copy attorneys on certain communications and marking them as privileged, assailing a U.S. Department of Justice sanctions bid accusing the search giant of trying to "hide potential evidence" with false privilege labels.

  9. March 21, 2022

    DOJ Says Google Abusing Attorney-Client Privilege Claims

    The U.S. Department of Justice wants Google sanctioned in the search advertising monopolization case over allegations that the company trains employees to help shield documents from discovery by making them appear privileged.

  10. March 09, 2022

    DOJ, Google Continue Tussling Over Discovery

    The U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion for sanctions against Google Inc. ahead of a conference in D.C. federal court Wednesday over discovery disputes in the government's search advertising monopolization case.