February 14, 2024
Google is hoping a newly appointed special master can finally force a coalition of state attorneys general led by Texas to hand over "fundamental information" it said Tuesday has long been improperly withheld from one of three cases targeting its dominance over display advertising placement auction technology.
February 05, 2024
A Virginia federal judge teed Google up Monday for its next big antitrust battle and the first of three targeting its display advertising placement auction technology dominance, scheduling a Sept. 9 kickoff to the jury trial sought by the U.S. Department of Justice.
February 02, 2024
A Texas federal judge said Friday that Google would have to refile a dismissal bid aimed at state attorneys general allegations targeting its display advertising placement auction technology dominance, while half a continent away the U.S. Department of Justice eyed a July trial over that same technology in a Virginia federal courtroom.
January 24, 2024
Google urged a Texas federal judge Tuesday not to listen to "empty rhetoric" raised by state attorneys general contending the search giant violated court rules when it filed dual motions to dismiss allegations targeting its dominance over the technology that places display advertising on third-party websites.
January 22, 2024
Google "blatantly violated" court rules against filing multiple motions to dismiss when it lodged a second bid to kill an antitrust suit filed by a coalition of conservative state attorney generals, according to the states' filing in Texas federal court.
January 16, 2024
Google urged a Texas federal judge on Tuesday to toss an antitrust suit by a coalition of 17 states accusing the tech giant of monopolizing online advertising, saying the states don't have standing to use the federal court "to collectively enforce federal and state laws against a private actor."
January 04, 2024
A Texas federal judge has suggested David T. Moran of Jackson Walker LLP as a special master to oversee potentially contentious discovery in an antitrust suit against Google from a coalition of conservative attorneys general headed to trial next year.
January 03, 2024
An antitrust suit accusing Google of monopolizing online advertising pursued by a Texas-led coalition of conservative attorneys general will go to trial next year, more than six months later than the court date requested by the states, according to a federal court order.
November 15, 2023
State enforcers accusing Google of monopolizing key digital advertising technology are asking for an August 2024 trial now that the case has been sent back to Texas, where it was originally filed, while Google asked to schedule trial in mid-2025.
October 04, 2023
A Second Circuit panel on Wednesday affirmed state enforcers' bid to return their suit accusing Google of monopolizing digital advertising technology to Texas, just one day after hearing oral arguments over Google's motion trying to avoid returning to the Lone Star State.