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 18, 2021

    Apple Says DOJ Is Asking It For Too Much Info In Google Case

    Apple said it had been negotiating with the Department of Justice in good faith when the agency "abruptly" ended discussions about discovery materials and raised an emergency dispute to the court, in a series of ongoing antitrust suits against Google.

  2. July 30, 2021

    Gov't Google Suits Implicate Trillions Of Pages Of Docs

    A dispute over when Google will produce samples of the journeys taken by search users highlights the enormous amount of raw data implicated in lawsuits brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and state attorneys general accusing the company of monopolizing search advertising.

  3. July 08, 2021

    Google Vs. The World: 4 Gov't Suits, 3 EU Fines And Counting

    The attorneys general of Washington, D.C., and 36 states have now brought the number of U.S. enforcer lawsuits against Google to four, in an international pileup of investigations, enforcement actions, private litigation and lawmaker scrutiny. Here, Law360 breaks down the different aspects of Google's business that have come under fire in the United States and Europe.

  4. March 22, 2021

    DOJ Blasts Google's 'Glacial' Pace In Antitrust Suit

    The U.S. Department of Justice lambasted Google for allegedly refusing to cough up more records as both sides prepare for a September 2023 trial in the government's landmark monopolization case, telling a D.C. federal judge that the tech giant has not justified withholding the documents.

  5. February 05, 2021

    States, DOJ Get Depo Cap Raised In Google Antitrust Battle

    A D.C federal judge has granted broader discovery to states suing Google for allegedly monopolizing the search engine market by raising to 80 the cap on depositions they and the federal government may conduct as part of joint discovery efforts in two separate antitrust cases.

  6. February 02, 2021

    DOJ Slams 'Paltry' Extra Discovery Allowance In Google Case

    Google's efforts to limit the U.S. Department of Justice and attorneys general to 70 depositions total between their two search monopolization cases amounts to an improper "do-over," the DOJ and Colorado state enforcers told a D.C. federal judge.

  7. January 21, 2021

    State AGs Must Catch Up With DOJ Case Against Google

    The state attorneys general pursuing a monopoly lawsuit against Google will have to speed up discovery after a Washington, D.C., federal judge said Thursday that a proposal to begin turning over investigative materials to the search giant in mid-March was too late to catch up with a parallel Justice Department case.

  8. January 08, 2021

    Google Judge To Sell Mutual Funds Holding Alphabet Stock

    The D.C. federal judge overseeing the dual monopoly lawsuits against Google from the U.S. Department of Justice and attorneys general said Friday that he directed his financial adviser to immediately sell mutual funds containing the tech giant's parent company Alphabet Inc. stock "to avoid any appearance of partiality."

  9. January 08, 2021

    DOJ, AGs Get Google Cases Combined For Discovery

    A D.C. federal judge has consolidated the dual monopoly lawsuits against Google from the U.S. Department of Justice and attorneys general for discovery purposes, but held off for now on combining the landmark allegations for trial.  

  10. January 03, 2021

    Antitrust Conduct Cases To Watch In 2021

    U.S. technology companies are facing a mountain of antitrust litigation heading into 2021, as enforcers push blockbuster monopolization cases against Google and Facebook. Meanwhile, long-running criminal probes in the generic drug and poultry industries are heating up. Here’s a look at the biggest antitrust conduct cases to watch.