United States et al v. Google LLC

  1. January 25, 2024

    Google Says Publishers' Bid Creates An 'Unfair Advantage'

    Google traded barbs Wednesday and Thursday with Gannett and the Daily Mail over the publishers' bid for expert discovery-sharing between their multidistrict litigation, a case from state attorneys general and a lawsuit brought by the federal government, all targeting the search giant's control over advertising-auction technology.

  2. January 19, 2024

    News Cos. Wants Expert Evidence In Google Ad Tech Case

    Media companies Gannett and the Daily Mail, which are part of multidistrict litigation in New York accusing Google of monopolizing digital advertising technology, have asked a Virginia federal court overseeing a related case from the U.S. Department of Justice for permission to access expert evidence.

  3. January 01, 2024

    Retail Cases To Watch In 2024

    A wide variety of cases are likely to keep retail industry attorneys busy in 2024, including high-profile antitrust actions against Amazon and Google, a growing number of greenwashing disputes, and skirmishes between major retailers and their increasingly unionized workforces.

  4. October 16, 2023

    Google Ad Tech Judge Explains Refusal To DQ Paul Weiss

    A Virginia federal judge on Monday explained why she opted not to disqualify Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP from its role spearheading Google's defense in the U.S. Department of Justice's ad tech monopolization case, ruling that there's no conflict of interest presented by its former representation of Yelp and a newspaper trade group in an unrelated antitrust matter.

  5. October 13, 2023

    Google Ad Tech Judge Won't DQ Paul Weiss For Repping Yelp

    A Virginia federal judge on Friday refused to disqualify Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP from its lead role representing Google in the Justice Department's ad tech monopolization case, rejecting conflict of interest concerns raised by Yelp and a newspaper trade group as previous firm clients.

  6. October 10, 2023

    Paul Weiss Fights Yelp's DQ Bid In Google Ad Tech Case

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP should be allowed to represent Google in the government's ad tech monopolization case against the tech giant because work the firm previously did for Yelp and a newspaper trade group doesn't create any real conflict, the firm has told a Virginia federal court.

  7. September 25, 2023

    Yelp, Newspapers Want Paul Weiss DQ In Google AdTech Row

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP shouldn't be able to defend Google in the government's ad tech monopolization case against it, Yelp and a newspaper trade group have said, arguing that they already hired the firm to provide advice concerning investigations into the internet giant.

  8. September 18, 2023

    Google Ad Tech Judge Explains Why Bias Defense Must Go

    The Virginia federal judge overseeing the U.S. Department of Justice's ad tech monopolization case against Google released a written opinion on Monday detailing her decision to grant the federal government's bid to nix the tech giant's bias prosecution defense, saying Google hasn't presented adequate evidence of government bias.

  9. September 15, 2023

    DOJ Gets Google's Bias Defense Cut In Ad Tech Case

    U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on Friday granted the Justice Department's bid to nix Google's bias prosecution defense in the ad tech monopolization case, but the judge also raised questions about future involvement in the case by the agency's top antitrust official.

  10. September 11, 2023

    DOJ Says Google Millions Of Documents Behind In Discovery

    The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a Virginia federal judge for a partial do-over on the process governing discovery in an antitrust suit over Google's control of the technology powering online advertising auctions, necessitated, the DOJ said, by the company's failure to produce millions of documents on time.

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