The State Of Texas, et al V Google, LLC

  1. May 21, 2021

    States' Suit Against Google Staying Put In Texas

    A Texas federal judge on Thursday night refused to send a Texas-led monopolization lawsuit against Google to California, rejecting the search giant's arguments that the case belongs with its private counterparts and that gathering evidence and witnesses in the Lone Star state would be more difficult. 

  2. March 18, 2021

    Google Judge Mulls Weight Of States' Choice In Transfer Bid

    A federal judge pressed Google on Thursday to justify its bid to transfer a Texas-led monopolization lawsuit from the Lone Star State to California, questioning whether eliminating the risk of duplicative litigation alleging monopolization of the display advertising market warrants upending state enforcers' choice of venue.

  3. March 16, 2021

    Several AGs Join Texas-Led Google Monopolization Case

    Enforcers from several states and Puerto Rico have joined the Texas-led coalition accusing Google of monopolizing the market for display advertising, signing on to a new complaint that also adds allegations concerning Google's Chrome browser and Facebook's WhatsApp service.

  4. February 23, 2021

    Google Blasts Texas-Led Digital Ad Monopolization Suit

    Texas and the nine other states accusing Google of illegally manipulating the display advertising market built their case on "gerrymandered market definitions" and a lack of understanding of how the digital ad market works, the company says.

  5. February 10, 2021

    Google Keeps Pushing To Move Texas AG Case To Calif.

    Google continues pushing to transfer the monopolization case brought by state attorneys general targeting its display advertising business from Texas to California, arguing that the case is much more important to the Golden State.

  6. February 04, 2021

    Lead Texas Atty In Google Suit Tells Team Not To Use Gmail

    Attorneys representing the Texas-led coalition of attorneys general suing Google over its display advertising business are under orders from their lead counsel not to use Gmail for fear the company could somehow mine emails to its advantage.

  7. February 03, 2021

    Google Offers 'No Proof' For Moving Texas Case, AGs Say

    Attorneys general from 10 states assailed Google's bid to relocate their lawsuit targeting the tech giant's display advertising business, telling a Texas federal judge that there's no valid reason to move the case to the company's home state.

  8. January 20, 2021

    Google Looks To Move Texas Ads Suit To Calif.

    Google has asked the Texas federal court overseeing a lawsuit from 10 state attorneys general targeting the tech giant's display advertising business to transfer the case to the Northern District of California, where several cases brought by private plaintiffs against the company are pending.

  9. 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.

  10. December 16, 2020

    Texas, Other States Launch 2nd Google Antitrust Suit

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a new state enforcer suit Wednesday accusing Google of anti-competitive conduct manipulating the display advertising market, on top of the U.S. Department of Justice suit over search advertising his office has already signed onto.