September 16, 2026
Apple has urged a California federal magistrate judge to grant its $132,700 attorney fee request as a sanction against plaintiff consumers' lead lawyer in antitrust litigation claiming Google muscles out rival search engines, but said Apple's counsel doesn't want to disclose their "highly and competitively sensitive" negotiated legal rates.
September 04, 2026
A California federal magistrate judge imposed sanctions Thursday on Joseph M. Alioto of Alioto Law Firm for repeatedly trying to depose senior Apple executives, including then-CEO Tim Cook, in an attempt to drag the iPhone-maker back into consumer antitrust litigation accusing Google of shutting out rival search engines.
August 13, 2026
The Ninth Circuit has denied a group of consumers' petition for writ of mandamus challenging a lower court's order rejecting their repeated requests to depose Google's and Apple's CEOs and several other executives in antitrust litigation alleging the search engine giant shut out competitors.
July 21, 2026
Google again is pushing a California federal judge to toss consumer antitrust claims accusing it of shutting out rival search engines that offer better privacy safeguards and no ads, arguing they still haven't shown harm, and thus standing to sue, from the contracts making it the default search engine.
July 07, 2026
A California federal judge overseeing an antitrust litigation accusing Google of shutting out rival search engines has asked for evidence showing that the consumers bringing the case have standing.
June 17, 2026
Apple and Google urged the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to reject consumers' request to depose their respective CEOs, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai, and other executives in antitrust litigation accusing Google of shutting out rival search engines, arguing that the appeal is unwarranted and the repeated deposition demands are unjustified "harassment."
June 16, 2026
Consumers want a California federal judge to preserve their antitrust claims accusing Google of shutting out rival search engines that offer better privacy safeguards and no ads, arguing they don't yet need to articulate damages each has borne because it's "impossible" for them not to have been harmed.
May 27, 2026
Google slammed consumers who brought a suit claiming the tech giant owes them for illegally monopolizing the online search services market, saying they didn't show an antitrust injury and urging a San Francisco federal judge to rule in the company's favor without going to trial.
May 11, 2026
A California federal judge overseeing discovery in a consumer antitrust case against Google LLC rebuked the plaintiffs' attorney Monday as he fought a sanctions motion by former defendant Apple Inc., reminding him "I am the judge in this case" and that his requests must "meet the standard that I set forth."
May 06, 2026
Consumers want a California federal judge to go straight to trial over the amount of damages Google owes them for illegally monopolizing online search, arguing the company's violation of antitrust law "is now an undisputed fact as a matter of law."