April 14, 2026
Phone users who accuse Google of suppressing rival search engines with anticompetitive deals slammed Apple's bid for sanctions over their counsel's allegedly "unrelenting and increasingly egregious" subpoena efforts, telling a California federal judge that the tech company's motion is based on a "distorted account of the discovery record."
March 17, 2026
Apple urged a California federal judge to sanction iPhone users' counsel over their allegedly "unrelenting and increasingly egregious" subpoena efforts in antitrust litigation accusing Google of suppressing rival search engines with anticompetitive deals, arguing the consumers are fishing for evidence to try to improperly reinstate Apple as a defendant.
February 19, 2026
Google is going head-to-head with iPhone users who want to depose its executives at the tail end of discovery in a lawsuit accusing the tech behemoth of cutting a deal with Apple to become the default search engine on Apple devices, accusing the proposed class of harassment.
January 29, 2026
A California federal judge has quashed a Christmas Eve deposition subpoena that sought information from Apple Inc. concerning dealings with Google LLC, saying users who accused Google of suppressing rival search engines through anticompetitive deals had no valid reason for the subpoena.
November 12, 2025
A group of consumers asked a federal judge on Wednesday for a private hearing after the court rejected their request to depose Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai in antitrust litigation accusing Google of suppressing rival search engines with anticompetitive deals.
November 05, 2025
Consumers accusing Google of hatching a deal with Apple to make it the default search engine on the iPhone will not be allowed to depose Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai as part of their antitrust case accusing Google of suppressing rival search engines.
October 30, 2025
Google LLC and nonparty Apple Inc. have fired back in California federal court on a proposed class of consumers' effort to depose Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai in their antitrust case alleging Google suppressed rival search engines with anticompetitive deals.
January 17, 2025
Winnowed consumer antitrust claims against Google can move forward after a California federal judge said Thursday that while users failed to resurrect claims of an agreement keeping Apple out of online search, they've now adequately accused Google of stifling would-be rivals with fewer ads or more privacy.
August 09, 2024
A California federal judge on Friday dismissed, for now, consumers' suit alleging that Google made an illegal pact with Apple to serve as the iPhone's default search engine, a decision that comes days after a D.C. federal court held that Google is a monopolist in a separate antitrust case.
June 18, 2024
Counsel for consumers accusing Google of making an illegal pact with Apple to serve as the iPhone's default search engine urged a California federal judge on Tuesday to revive their dismissed antitrust suit, saying, "We're looking to bust up the contract to get competition back in the market."