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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August 29, 2024
DOJ Calls Former Googler's Ad Tech Testimony 'Essential'
The U.S. Department of Justice urged a Virginia federal judge Wednesday not to let former Google vice presidents and other company managers avoid testifying at next month's advertising technology monopolization trial, arguing their testimony is important and was properly subpoenaed.
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August 27, 2024
Va. Ad Tech Judge Warns Google Over Chat Deletion
Google's defense of its advertising technology could get a little harder after a Virginia federal judge on Tuesday kept the door open to assuming that deleted internal chats hid evidence that would support U.S. Department of Justice monopolization claims bound for a bench trial next month.
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August 26, 2024
Former Google Execs Fight Ad Tech Trial Subpoenas
Former Google vice presidents and other company managers have filed a series of motions asking a Virginia federal judge to block U.S. Department of Justice subpoenas trying to force their testimony at next month's advertising technology monopolization trial, arguing their live participation is unneeded and improperly demanded.
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August 23, 2024
Google Args Don't Erase 'History Is On, Jesus,' DOJ Says
Google employees were so conscious of hiding evidence of conduct "that leads to law suits" that they reacted quickly when forgetting to let internal chats delete automatically, the Justice Department said, pushing to punish the search giant for those policies in the looming advertising technology monopolization trial.
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August 19, 2024
DOJ Waited Too Long On Chats Deletions, Google Says
Google urged a Virginia federal judge Friday to reject the Justice Department's request to sanction the search giant over a policy of deleting internal chats, arguing that the request came too late and that the government isn't missing any evidence for its advertising technology monopolization suit.
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August 05, 2024
DOJ Wants Google Held Accountable For Deleted Chats
The U.S. Department of Justice has told the Virginia federal court overseeing the government's case accusing Google of monopolizing key digital advertising technology the company needs to be held accountable for implementing policies that destroyed evidence.
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July 31, 2024
5 Trials To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2024
Upcoming high-profile trials over star lawyer Tom Girardi's alleged fraud, Hunter Biden's taxes and Washington state's "patent troll" law are among the cases to watch in the latter half of the year.
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June 17, 2024
Ad Tech Judge Says No 'Moving Target' Damages, No Jury
A Virginia federal judge refused to consider the government's "late-arriving" math on how much federal agencies were overcharged by Google's digital advertising placement technology, according to an order unsealed Friday, a decision that allowed Google to successfully short-circuit the U.S. Department of Justice's damages claim and avoid a jury trial sought by the agency.
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June 14, 2024
DOJ's Google Ad Tech Suit Bound For Sept. Trial
A Virginia federal judge said Friday that the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit accusing Google of monopolizing technology used to place ads on third-party websites will go to trial, finding too many factual disputes to let the search giant nix the case.
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June 07, 2024
Google Ad Tech Case Won't Go To Jury Due To Co.'s Payment
A Virginia federal judge ruled Friday that the U.S. Department of Justice's case accusing Google of monopolizing key digital advertising technology will be heard by the bench, and not a jury, thanks to a $2.3 million check from Google covering the amount enforcers could be awarded if they prevail.