United States et al v. Google LLC
Case Number:
1:23-cv-00108
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Firms
- Steptoe LLP
- Christian & Barton
- Davis Polk
- Covington & Burling
- Mintz Levin
- Axinn Veltrop
- Baker Cronogue
- Skadden Arps
- Law Offices of Charles B. Molster III
- Miller Korzenik
- Kellogg Hansen
- Baughman Kroup
- Wiggin & Dana
- Clarick Gueron
- Kressin Meador
- Simonsen Sussman
- Gibson Dunn
- McGuireWoods
- WilmerHale
- Greenstein DeLorme
- Clifford Chance
- Bean Kinney
- Werther & Mills
- Fenwick & West
- Freshfields
- Ballard Spahr
- Mooney Green
- Troutman
- The Office of Craig C. Reilly
- Holtzman Vogel
- Crowell & Moring
- Aegis Law Group
- Baker McKenzie
- Paul Weiss
- Williams Mullen
- Carmichael Ellis
- Dechert LLP
- Sheppard Mullin
- Dykema
- Sher Tremonte
- Baker Donelson
- Orrick Herrington
- Latham & Watkins
Companies
- X Corp.
- Mediavine Inc.
- Meta Platforms Inc.
- The New York Times Co.
- News Corp.
- Microsoft Corp.
- BuzzFeed Inc.
- OpenX Technologies Inc.
- Porter Novelli Inc.
- Group M Worldwide LLC
- TikTok Inc.
- Google LLC
- Vox Media Inc.
- Pinterest Inc.
- Omnicom Group Inc.
- Yelp Inc.
- Xandr Inc.
- LinkedIn Corp.
- Adobe Inc.
- Criteo SA
- Verizon Communications Inc.
- Yahoo Inc.
- Young & Rubicam Inc.
- Amazon.com Inc.
- Comcast Corp.
- Index Exchange Inc.
- Gannett Co. Inc.
- The Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc.
- The Walt Disney Co.
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September 25, 2024
Google 'Less Expensive' Than Ad Tech Rivals, Economist Says
A Yale economist told a Virginia federal judge Wednesday that the Justice Department's estimates of how much Google allegedly bilked website publishers using its online advertising placement technology don't add up.
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September 24, 2024
Google Expert Targets DOJ's Ad Tech 'Mistakes And Omissions'
A Nobel Economics Prize-winning auctions expert on Tuesday criticized the U.S. Justice Department's monopolization case targeting Google's online advertising placement technology, telling a Virginia federal court that it was based on a fundamental misunderstanding of how the allegedly harmful auctions work.
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September 23, 2024
Google Executive Says There's No Internal Ad Tech Advantage
A Google executive pushed back Monday on some of the U.S. Justice Department's most important allegations of a conflict of interest in the search giant's control over online display advertising placement technology, arguing that website publishers are in charge of how ads are placed and priced.
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September 20, 2024
Ad Tech Judge Not Biting On Google's Market Metaphor
Comparing Big Macs and Whoppers to undermine the Justice Department's market definition appeared to be a step too far Friday for the Virginia federal judge weighing the fate of Google's display advertising placement technology.
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September 19, 2024
Publishers 'Did Not Trust Google,' Former Ad Tech Exec Says
A former Google executive acknowledged Thursday that at least some website publishers sought a workaround to the search giant's advertising placement technology because they didn't trust the company's consolidated control, which the Justice Department has challenged in a Virginia federal courtroom.
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September 18, 2024
Google Judge Wonders: Does Ad Tech Benefit Publishers?
The Virginia federal judge weighing the fate of Google's display advertising placement business zeroed in Wednesday on a key aspect of the search giant's defense against a Justice Department monopolization suit — the assertion that even if company practices disadvantaged rival ad exchanges, they benefited publishers.
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September 13, 2024
What To Know About The Google AdTech Trial
Google is set to resume its battle with the Department of Justice in a courtroom in Alexandria, Virginia, in one of the year's most high-profile lawsuits. The central question: Did the Californian search giant illegally monopolize the advertising technology space? Here, Law360 looks at takeaways from the first week's action.
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September 09, 2024
DOJ Says 'Frustrated' Google Ad Tech Customers Are Stuck
The U.S. Department of Justice urged a Virginia federal judge Monday to dismantle Google's hold over the technology used to place online display ads on website publishers' pages, asserting in opening arguments that the search giant has used its power to trap consumers and undermine competitors.
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September 05, 2024
DOJ And Google Set For Trial, Again, This Time Over Ad Tech
The U.S. Department of Justice is up Monday for its second high-stakes trial against Google in a year, going after the alleged monopolization of key digital advertising technology in Virginia federal court.
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September 04, 2024
Market Realities On, Merger Reviews Off Table In Ad Tech Trial
A Virginia federal judge put slight limits Wednesday on the evidence the U.S. Justice Department and Google LLC can present in next week's advertising technology monopolization suit, allowing Google to push its own views of the market but limiting its ability to bring up past merger reviews.