Trial Updates

BONUS: US v. Google Crossword Puzzle

October 12, 2024

Trial Update, September 27: DOJ uses their rebuttal to pick apart Mark Israel’s nonsensical suggestions

September 27, 2024

Trial Update, September 26: Google’s defense would be going great, if we just pretend publishers don’t exist

September 26, 2024

Trial Update, September 25: Google calls four live witnesses that either have been paid or still are paid by Google

September 25, 2024

Trial Update, September 24: Google says it's the guardian of the industry, but DOJ says “not so fast”

September 24, 2024

Trial Update, September 23: Google grounds its defense in games, gaslighting, and the government

September 23, 2024

Trial Update, September 20: Google whips up a big football-shaped bowl of adtech spaghetti, and gets served a dose of reality about their eroded credibility

September 20, 2024

Trial Update, September 19: In relentless pursuit of power and profit, Google leadership directives compromised even well-meaning efforts to serve interests of publisher customers

September 19, 2024

Trial Update, September 18: Judge Brinkema keeps the case moving at the speed of light, as DOJ case-in-chief nears its conclusion

September 18, 2024

Trial Update, September 17: Google saw AWbid as an opportunity to poach publisher customers, and defense plays buzzword bingo

September 17, 2024

Trial Update, September 16: Google’s power on full display as we learn IAB Tech Lab passed on Prebid to appease their largest funder

September 16, 2024

Trial Update, September 13: Case moves at warp-speed, as we hear about FB and Google's secret Network Bidding Agreement

September 13, 2024

Trial Update, September 12: Publishers willing to accept some revenue loss for reduced dependency, but Google figures they’ll “get over their control loss aversion”

September 12, 2024

Trial Update, September 11: Google exploited adserver switching costs to “crush” competitors, and impose “debt” on publishers

September 11, 2024

Trial Update, September 10th: Google’s unfair auction dynamics and conflicts of interest take center stage as we hear about “every feature they shoved down [publishers'] throats” as “the machine won”

September 10, 2024

Trial Update, September 9th: DOJ opens with a portrait of Google’s trifecta of monopolies, while Google spends all day badgering witnesses on cross-exam disputing that open-web display ads are a real thing.

September 9, 2024

Pretrial Update, September 4, 2024: Final pre-trial hearing a continued good sign for public access. Sorry, Google.

September 4, 2024

Pretrial Update, August 27: Google's evidence deletion "absolutely inappropriate," says Judge Brinkema, as adverse inference motion is taken under advisement

August 27, 2024

Pretrial Update, June 14: Judge Brinkema denies Google’s motion for summary judgment

June 14, 2024

Pretrial Update, June 7: Judge grants Google’s Motion to strike the jury - bench trial it is

June 7, 2024

Pretrial Update, May 17: Google Tries to Buy Its Way Out of a Jury

May 17, 2024

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