UK Consumer Action Against Apple iCloud Will Test Platform Antitrust Theories
What did a UK court rule in the suit brought against Apple iCloud for platform antitrust lock-in theories? The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal issued a Collective…
One Small Step for Competition: Search Engine Antitrust Claims Against Google Survive
Claims targeting default search engine agreements sufficiently pled, but fraud claims were not, court finds. The core claims brought in a consumer antitrust suit against Google LLC have been allowed to proceed, but allegations related to fraudulent concealment are in jeopardy. The case, James…
USC Sues Google for Infringing Mapping Patents: Just Another Form of Anticompetitive Conduct
University of Southern California (USC) sued Google LLC in the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, last month, alleging infringement of the school’s mapping patents,…
Although a Monopolist, Google Escapes Divestitures in DOJ’s Antitrust Case
Court orders the company to halt anticompetitive tactics, saying the Goliath finally faces serious competition. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta this week ruled that Google must…
Structural vs. Behavioral: Dueling Antitrust Remedies Proposed at Google Ad Trial
Google feels it is being punished and calls for a collaborative approach. By Dan Mogin and Joy Sidhwa During this week’s trial in Alexandria, Va.,…
Google Monopolizes Two of Three Digital Ad Markets, Trial Judge Finds
Court turns next to remedies. Government seeks structural changes. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled during trial yesterday (April 17) that Google illegally monopolizes two…
Government Attorneys Continue Call for Google to Divest Chrome
New demands also soften restrictions on investment in artificial intelligence and deals with ad competitors. BY DAN MOGIN The Department of Justice and 39 state…
Judge Rejects Google’s Motion to Dismiss States’ Advertising Antitrust Case
Old cases dealing with quarantines and sewage say states have standing under authority to protect citizens. A suit brought by state attorneys general accusing Google…
Rubin Writes About DOJ’s Google Remedies for CPI Antitrust Chronicle
MoginRubin Partner Jonathan Rubin‘s article — DOJ Suggests a Framework for Remedies to Pry Power Away from Google — was published in the October 2024…
Epic Sues Google Again, This Time Adding Samsung
The fight over the lucrative app market ropes another manufacturer into the fray. Nine months after persuading a jury that Google LLC had monopolized the…
EC’s $2.6B Antitrust Fine Against Google Ad Business Struck Down
Court says EC did not establish competition foreclosure or harm. The General Court of the European Union has overturned a $2.57 billion fine imposed…
‘Remedy May Be Google’s Biggest Hurdle Yet in Antitrust Case,’ Jonathan Rubin Writes for Law360
Rubin sees tech development racing ahead of legal actions. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s Aug. 5 decision holding Google liable for…
Google’s $500M Effort to Undermine Microsoft EU Cloud Deal Fails: Bloomberg Reports
Reports of Google’s muscular attempt to thwart a Microsoft antitrust settlement in the European Union underscores the fierce rivalry between these tech giants and the…
Partner Jonathan Rubin Quoted in Global Competition Review Following Disappointing JPML Decision
Partner Jonathan L. Rubin was quoted in Global Competition Review following the recent disappointing #JPML ruling to consolidate all of the digital ad cases against #Google to a federal New…
Partner Jonathan Rubin Named by National Law Review as a “2020 Go To Thought Leader”
MoginRubin is proud to announce that Co-Founding Partner Jonathan Rubin has been named by the National Law Review as a Go-To Thought Leader for 2020…
Partner Jonathan Rubin Quoted in Law360 Article, “Access To Rivals’ Data Drives EC Amazon Antirust Case”
MoginRubin LLP Partner Jonathan Rubin was quoted in a Law360 article this week titled, “Access To Rivals’ Data Drives EC Amazon Antitrust Case.” The article…
Register Now for a CLE Webinar, “The Antitrust Case Against Google”on Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Register now for a CLE-eligible webinar, “The Antitrust Case Against Google,” presented by HB Litigation Conferences and an all-star lineup of speakers, including MoginRubin Partners…
MoginRubin Partner Jonathan Rubin Published in Concurrences
MoginRubin Partner Jonathan Rubin recently co-authored an article with University of Copenhagen Associate Professor Christian Bergqvist regarding antitrust complaints against Google. The article expertly examines…
Google and the Trans-Atlantic Antitrust Abyss
Christian Bergqvist University of Copenhagen – Faculty of Law Jonathan Rubin MoginRubin LLP Date Written: March 18, 2019 Abstract During the late 2000s, several jurisdictions,…
The Washington Post: Facebook, Google and other big tech giants are about to face a ‘reckoning,’ state attorneys general warn
From The Washington Post: Facebook, Google and other big tech giants are about to face a ‘reckoning,’ state attorneys general warn “I think what we’ve…
The New York Times: A Better Way to Break Up Big Tech
From The New York Times: A Better Way to Break Up Big Tech Senator Elizabeth Warren has been making waves with her recent proposal to…
Jonathan Rubin and Christian Bergqvist Conduct a Comparative Study on Approaches Antitrust Authorities Take in the EU and US
Jonathan Rubin and Christian Berqvist published their comments in Global Competition Review regarding the upcoming decision by the European Commission regarding the DG-Competition investigation into…