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. October 19, 2023

    Google Search Incredibly Important To Expedia, Judge Told

    A former executive for travel company Expedia told the judge overseeing the government's monopolization trial against Google in D.C. federal court on Thursday that there's no substitute for the traffic it gets from the tech giant's search engine.

  2. October 18, 2023

    User Scale Not 'The Whole Story,' Google VP Says

    A Google executive pushed back Wednesday on U.S. Department of Justice arguments that the search engine's user scale offers it a crucial, and essentially insurmountable, advantage over rivals, testifying in the D.C. federal court monopolization trial that user data is just one, increasingly less important, part of the quality puzzle.

  3. October 17, 2023

    Google Quality 'Not The Only Factor,' Judge Told

    The Justice Department's lead economics expert for its monopolization case over the contracts making Google the default search engine on every iPhone, Mac, Android device and Firefox browser defended his analysis Tuesday, arguing that while Google wins those contracts partly on its quality, that's not the only reason.

  4. October 16, 2023

    Google Judge: 'Not Clear' Market Shares Shift With Defaults

    The D.C. federal judge weighing the fate of the contracts that make Google the default search engine on every iPhone, Mac, Android device and Firefox browser pushed back Monday on U.S. Department of Justice assertions that leveling the playfield would enable rivals to pick up more users.

  5. October 16, 2023

    Media Cos. Say Even More Access Needed In Google Search

    The New York Times, with support from Law360 and other media outlets, is asking the judge overseeing the Google search monopolization case to allow more access to trial exhibits and testimony, saying the court's efforts to ensure public access are still falling short.

  6. October 13, 2023

    Google Judge Weighs Secrecy, Openness Without Crystal Ball

    DuckDuckGo's bid to become Apple's privacy-mode search engine is among several details that have spilled into the light in the Justice Department's case against Google's alleged search monopoly as the presiding judge allows fewer confidential sessions.

  7. October 12, 2023

    Judge Told Google's Search Ad Changes Hurt Advertisers

    A digital marketing expert on Thursday told the D.C. federal judge overseeing the government's case accusing Google of monopolizing the search and search ad markets that changes Google made to the way ads are placed and reported have raised prices for advertisers.

  8. October 11, 2023

    Exec Says Booking.com Needs Google Search To Stay Alive

    An executive for Booking.com told a D.C. federal court Wednesday the travel site would not be able to stay in business without the traffic it gets from Google search ads, supporting the government's allegations that Google monopolizes the search and search ad markets.

  9. October 10, 2023

    Court Hears Apple Has Flexibility In Deals With Google

    A Google executive said Tuesday during the government's search monopolization trial that Apple has flexibility in its revenue sharing agreements for Google search, but still asks for more during negotiations.

  10. October 06, 2023

    Google 'Very Aware' It Can Hike Ad Prices, Judge Told

    Google's own documents demonstrate the company knows its power to increase search advertising prices without driving away advertisers, an MIT economics professor told a D.C. federal judge Friday in the trial on Justice Department claims that Google illegally monopolizes online search.