Rumble, Inc. v. Google LLC et al

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Case Number:

5:21-cv-00229

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Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Thomas S. Hixson

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  1. November 24, 2025

    Google Calls Rumble's Recusal Bid Irrelevant To Its Appeal

    Google is urging the Ninth Circuit to disregard concerns Rumble has raised about the trial judge's relationship with the tech giant's litigation vice president, saying Friday that the information is irrelevant to the YouTube rival's appeal of the court's ruling that its antitrust lawsuit was filed too late.

  2. November 21, 2025

    Google Calls Rumble's Judge Recusal Bid 'Cynical Maneuver'

    Google argued Friday that a California federal judge need not recuse himself from YouTube rival Rumble's antitrust suit despite his friendship with Google's top in-house litigation chief, saying Rumble's push for the recusal was a "cynical maneuver" for its Ninth Circuit appeal of a summary judgment loss.

  3. November 18, 2025

    Rumble Alerts 9th Circ. To Recusal Bid Over Google Ties

    Days after Rumble asked a California federal judge to consider recusal in the event the Ninth Circuit revives its antitrust lawsuit against Google, the video-sharing site flagged its recusal bid to the Ninth Circuit itself, filing a motion for judicial notice of the district court judge's friendship with Google's top in-house litigation chief.

  4. November 13, 2025

    Rumble Cites Judge's Longtime Friendship With Google VP

    Rumble asked a California federal judge to consider recusal should the Ninth Circuit revive its antitrust lawsuit against Google, citing a yearslong friendship with Google's top in-house litigation chief that involved the judge officiating at her wedding and their ongoing participation in a fantasy football league.

  5. November 12, 2025

    Google Tells 9th Circ. Not To Revive Rumble Antitrust Case

    Google urged the Ninth Circuit not to revive Rumble's antitrust suit accusing the tech giant of rigging search results to favor its YouTube unit over the rival video-sharing site, arguing a district court rightly found the claims time-barred.

  6. May 21, 2025

    Google Gets Rumble's Video-Sharing Antitrust Case Tossed

    A California federal court on Wednesday agreed with Google that Rumble waited too long to file an antitrust case accusing the tech giant of rigging search results to favor its YouTube unit over the rival video-sharing site.

  7. June 27, 2024

    Google Rips Rumble's 'Fishing Expedition' For DOJ Trial Docs

    Google urged a California magistrate judge Thursday to reject video-sharing site Rumble's demands for depositions and trial exhibits from the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust bench trial against Google in Washington, D.C., arguing that the requests are irrelevant to Rumble's antitrust claims and an unfounded "post-hoc fishing expedition."

  8. January 11, 2021

    Google Hit With $2B Antitrust Suit Over 'Rigging' Its Algorithm

    Video-sharing site Rumble, which reportedly has a large base of politically conservative users, hit Google with a $2 billion antitrust suit Monday in California federal court, accusing the tech giant of unlawfully "rigging" its search algorithm to elevate Google's own YouTube platform over competitors.