UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al v. GOOGLE LLC

  1. April 07, 2022

    DOJ Says Google's 8,000 New Releases Show Privilege Abuse

    In the week after the U.S. Department of Justice accused Google of training employees to help shield documents from discovery by making them appear privileged, the search giant released more than 8,000 documents it previously wrongly withheld, the agency said in a brief supporting its sanction bid.

  2. March 24, 2022

    Google Says Attys CC'd Under Legit Rules, Not Fake Privilege

    Google told a D.C. federal judge Thursday there was nothing nefarious about company training instructing employees to copy attorneys on certain communications and marking them as privileged, assailing a U.S. Department of Justice sanctions bid accusing the search giant of trying to "hide potential evidence" with false privilege labels.

  3. March 21, 2022

    DOJ Says Google Abusing Attorney-Client Privilege Claims

    The U.S. Department of Justice wants Google sanctioned in the search advertising monopolization case over allegations that the company trains employees to help shield documents from discovery by making them appear privileged.

  4. March 09, 2022

    DOJ, Google Continue Tussling Over Discovery

    The U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion for sanctions against Google Inc. ahead of a conference in D.C. federal court Wednesday over discovery disputes in the government's search advertising monopolization case.

  5. February 22, 2022

    Google Antitrust Judge OKs DOJ's 'Likely' Witness List

    A D.C. federal judge agreed with the Justice Department and state attorneys general Monday in a dispute with Google over the language that should be used for lists of potential witnesses in a landmark antitrust suit against the technology giant and capped potential third-party witnesses at 40 per side.

  6. February 18, 2022

    DOJ, Google Still Can't Agree Over 'Likely' Witness Lists

    State and federal antitrust enforcers and Google told a D.C. federal judge Thursday they are close to finalizing their lists of potential witnesses to call in a case accusing the technology giant of monopolizing search and search advertising, but that the parties still disagree about wording.

  7. February 11, 2022

    Google Calls 300 Potential DOJ, AG Witnesses A 'Fake List'

    State and federal antitrust enforcers may have to winnow down their lists of potential witnesses to call in a case accusing Google of monopolizing search and search advertising after the technology giant complained to a D.C. federal judge Friday of an overwhelming initial tally from the government.  

  8. January 07, 2022

    'Unrealistic' Bid For Google Revenue-Sharing Docs Mires DOJ

    A D.C. federal judge Friday said the U.S. Department of Justice is being "unrealistic" by demanding Google reveal the "methodology" used to calculate what it's willing to pay phone companies and mobile carriers to make Google Search their default when the payments largely result from individual negotiations.

  9. December 07, 2021

    DOJ Case Against Google Formally Split In Two

    The official order has come down splitting Google's upcoming antitrust monopoly trials in two, after the tech behemoth and the U.S. Department of Justice and state enforcers bringing suit convinced a D.C. federal court that getting liability out of the way first was the best way to go.

  10. November 30, 2021

    DOJ, AGs Get 45 More Days On Google Discovery, Split Trial

    A D.C. federal judge gave the U.S. Department of Justice and state attorneys general an extra 45 days for discovery Tuesday in their monopolization case against Google, while insisting that the newly bifurcated case will go to trial in September 2023 "by hook or by crook."