Vidushi Dyall
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Breaking down key developments in important tech cases you should be following.
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Today, oral arguments in Epic v. Apple were made before the Ninth Circuit.
Quick background: the district court dismissed federal claims against Apple but found that it violated CA’s unfair competition law and issued an injunction with an anti-steering provision.
Quick background: the district court dismissed federal claims against Apple but found that it violated CA’s unfair competition law and issued an injunction with an anti-steering provision.
October 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Today, oral arguments in Epic v. Apple were made before the Ninth Circuit.
Quick background: the district court dismissed federal claims against Apple but found that it violated CA’s unfair competition law and issued an injunction with an anti-steering provision.
Quick background: the district court dismissed federal claims against Apple but found that it violated CA’s unfair competition law and issued an injunction with an anti-steering provision.
We've just come off the heels of the Google search case remedy, just as things are ramping up in Google's ad tech case.
That remedy trial is set to start on September 22, and both parties filed their remedy proposals late Friday night.
Let's unpack them 🧵
That remedy trial is set to start on September 22, and both parties filed their remedy proposals late Friday night.
Let's unpack them 🧵
September 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
We've just come off the heels of the Google search case remedy, just as things are ramping up in Google's ad tech case.
That remedy trial is set to start on September 22, and both parties filed their remedy proposals late Friday night.
Let's unpack them 🧵
That remedy trial is set to start on September 22, and both parties filed their remedy proposals late Friday night.
Let's unpack them 🧵
The Google search case is the first in a series of antitrust cases against big tech, with Amazon, Meta, and Apple still in the pipeline.
Judge Mehta issued a tailored remedy after ruling that Google monopolized general search. His reasoning will likely guide future courts.
Judge Mehta issued a tailored remedy after ruling that Google monopolized general search. His reasoning will likely guide future courts.
September 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The Google search case is the first in a series of antitrust cases against big tech, with Amazon, Meta, and Apple still in the pipeline.
Judge Mehta issued a tailored remedy after ruling that Google monopolized general search. His reasoning will likely guide future courts.
Judge Mehta issued a tailored remedy after ruling that Google monopolized general search. His reasoning will likely guide future courts.
Tomorrow marks the closing arguments in the remedies proceedings of the #USvGoogle search case. Both sides have just filed reply briefs.
May 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Tomorrow marks the closing arguments in the remedies proceedings of the #USvGoogle search case. Both sides have just filed reply briefs.
Amazon and the FTC have both moved for summary judgment in the Prime “dark patterns” case headed to trial this fall. Amazon is seeking dismissal, the FTC seeking liability.
After nearly 2 years of discovery, the evidence doesn’t support the FTC’s headline-grabbing claims.
After nearly 2 years of discovery, the evidence doesn’t support the FTC’s headline-grabbing claims.
May 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Amazon and the FTC have both moved for summary judgment in the Prime “dark patterns” case headed to trial this fall. Amazon is seeking dismissal, the FTC seeking liability.
After nearly 2 years of discovery, the evidence doesn’t support the FTC’s headline-grabbing claims.
After nearly 2 years of discovery, the evidence doesn’t support the FTC’s headline-grabbing claims.
⚖️ A federal judge just threw out Rumble’s antitrust lawsuit against YouTube, finding it was years too late, built on legal theories it never even pled, and "fatally vague and conclusory."
May 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
⚖️ A federal judge just threw out Rumble’s antitrust lawsuit against YouTube, finding it was years too late, built on legal theories it never even pled, and "fatally vague and conclusory."
📄The government and Google's post trial briefs in search remedies were just filed.
Closing arguments are scheduled to begin on 5/29.
Closing arguments are scheduled to begin on 5/29.
May 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
📄The government and Google's post trial briefs in search remedies were just filed.
Closing arguments are scheduled to begin on 5/29.
Closing arguments are scheduled to begin on 5/29.
First in the DOJ’s rebuttal case was Kinshuk Jerath, who was their digital marketing expert during the liability phase.
He was called to rebut Mark Israel's conclusions, G’s economics/industrial organization expert, about advertiser-focused remedies.
He was called to rebut Mark Israel's conclusions, G’s economics/industrial organization expert, about advertiser-focused remedies.
May 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
First in the DOJ’s rebuttal case was Kinshuk Jerath, who was their digital marketing expert during the liability phase.
He was called to rebut Mark Israel's conclusions, G’s economics/industrial organization expert, about advertiser-focused remedies.
He was called to rebut Mark Israel's conclusions, G’s economics/industrial organization expert, about advertiser-focused remedies.
Google rested its case in the #USvGoogle search remedy trial.
But hold your horses, it's not over yet. The DOJ will put on a short rebuttal case tomorrow.
G's final witness was Omkar Muralidharan, VP of Product Management for search ads.
But hold your horses, it's not over yet. The DOJ will put on a short rebuttal case tomorrow.
G's final witness was Omkar Muralidharan, VP of Product Management for search ads.
May 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Google rested its case in the #USvGoogle search remedy trial.
But hold your horses, it's not over yet. The DOJ will put on a short rebuttal case tomorrow.
G's final witness was Omkar Muralidharan, VP of Product Management for search ads.
But hold your horses, it's not over yet. The DOJ will put on a short rebuttal case tomorrow.
G's final witness was Omkar Muralidharan, VP of Product Management for search ads.
On the second-to-last day of the search remedies trial, we finally talked about consumer welfare at length.
Kevin Murphy, another familiar face from the liability trial, was designated G's economics and industrial organization expert.
Kevin Murphy, another familiar face from the liability trial, was designated G's economics and industrial organization expert.
May 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
On the second-to-last day of the search remedies trial, we finally talked about consumer welfare at length.
Kevin Murphy, another familiar face from the liability trial, was designated G's economics and industrial organization expert.
Kevin Murphy, another familiar face from the liability trial, was designated G's economics and industrial organization expert.
Sameer Samat, President of the Android ecosystem, took the stand today in the #USvGoogle search remedy trial to explain how the government's "contingent" remedy to break off Android and the Play Store would cause harm.
May 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Sameer Samat, President of the Android ecosystem, took the stand today in the #USvGoogle search remedy trial to explain how the government's "contingent" remedy to break off Android and the Play Store would cause harm.
(One of ?)the first amicus briefs has rolled into the #USvGoogle search remedy trial docket.
The culprits? Bipartisan Former Antitrust Enforcers (see list ⬇️ )
The culprits? Bipartisan Former Antitrust Enforcers (see list ⬇️ )
May 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
(One of ?)the first amicus briefs has rolled into the #USvGoogle search remedy trial docket.
The culprits? Bipartisan Former Antitrust Enforcers (see list ⬇️ )
The culprits? Bipartisan Former Antitrust Enforcers (see list ⬇️ )
Google’s final witness of the day in the #USvGoogle search remedy trial was Chris Culnane, who was designated as an expert in data privacy.
His first conclusion: Plaintiffs' data disclosure and ads transparency remedies include personal data beyond what may be considered PII.
His first conclusion: Plaintiffs' data disclosure and ads transparency remedies include personal data beyond what may be considered PII.
May 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Google’s final witness of the day in the #USvGoogle search remedy trial was Chris Culnane, who was designated as an expert in data privacy.
His first conclusion: Plaintiffs' data disclosure and ads transparency remedies include personal data beyond what may be considered PII.
His first conclusion: Plaintiffs' data disclosure and ads transparency remedies include personal data beyond what may be considered PII.
DOJ’s cross of Liz Reid, G’s head of search, zeroed in on the relationship between generative AI and traditional search, trying to draw a straight line from Gemini to Google Search.
May 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
DOJ’s cross of Liz Reid, G’s head of search, zeroed in on the relationship between generative AI and traditional search, trying to draw a straight line from Gemini to Google Search.
Liz Reid, head of G Search, is on the stand today. Her testimony shows how the gov’t proposed data sharing & syndication remedies go far beyond sharing “scale-dependent data” and would require G to share proprietary tech and data unrelated to user scale.
May 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Liz Reid, head of G Search, is on the stand today. Her testimony shows how the gov’t proposed data sharing & syndication remedies go far beyond sharing “scale-dependent data” and would require G to share proprietary tech and data unrelated to user scale.
The last witness of the week was Eli Collins, who is the VP of Product at DeepMind.
DeepMind is a “super unit" resulting from the merging of 2 Google organizations.
DeepMind is a “super unit" resulting from the merging of 2 Google organizations.
May 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The last witness of the week was Eli Collins, who is the VP of Product at DeepMind.
DeepMind is a “super unit" resulting from the merging of 2 Google organizations.
DeepMind is a “super unit" resulting from the merging of 2 Google organizations.
Google's next witness in the search remedies trial was a familiar face. Dr. Mark Israel testified during liability and was back as an expert in industrial organization.
May 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Google's next witness in the search remedies trial was a familiar face. Dr. Mark Israel testified during liability and was back as an expert in industrial organization.
Google's next witness in the search remedies trial was a familiar face. Dr. Mark Israel testified during liability and was back as an expert in industrial organization.
May 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Google's next witness in the search remedies trial was a familiar face. Dr. Mark Israel testified during liability and was back as an expert in industrial organization.
An interesting exchange b/t Judge Mehta and Mozilla CFO Eric Muhlheim-
Mehta: Would Mozilla benefit from at least one other competitor with equal quality and the ability to monetize?
Muhlheim: If we were suddenly in that world, it would be good for Mozilla.
Mehta: Would Mozilla benefit from at least one other competitor with equal quality and the ability to monetize?
Muhlheim: If we were suddenly in that world, it would be good for Mozilla.
May 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
An interesting exchange b/t Judge Mehta and Mozilla CFO Eric Muhlheim-
Mehta: Would Mozilla benefit from at least one other competitor with equal quality and the ability to monetize?
Muhlheim: If we were suddenly in that world, it would be good for Mozilla.
Mehta: Would Mozilla benefit from at least one other competitor with equal quality and the ability to monetize?
Muhlheim: If we were suddenly in that world, it would be good for Mozilla.
Good morning from Day 9 of the #USvGoogle search remedies trial.
G's first witness of the day was UMass Amherst professor James Allan, designated an expert in computer science and information retrieval.
G's first witness of the day was UMass Amherst professor James Allan, designated an expert in computer science and information retrieval.
May 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Good morning from Day 9 of the #USvGoogle search remedies trial.
G's first witness of the day was UMass Amherst professor James Allan, designated an expert in computer science and information retrieval.
G's first witness of the day was UMass Amherst professor James Allan, designated an expert in computer science and information retrieval.
There are just 6 days left in the DOJ v. Google search remedies trial 🤯
Tomorrow G will continue its case by presenting:
James Allan, an expert in computer science
Jesse Adkins, Director of Product Management at G
Eli Collins, VP of Product at G's DeepMind (AI lab)
Tomorrow G will continue its case by presenting:
James Allan, an expert in computer science
Jesse Adkins, Director of Product Management at G
Eli Collins, VP of Product at G's DeepMind (AI lab)
May 1, 2025 at 1:24 AM
There are just 6 days left in the DOJ v. Google search remedies trial 🤯
Tomorrow G will continue its case by presenting:
James Allan, an expert in computer science
Jesse Adkins, Director of Product Management at G
Eli Collins, VP of Product at G's DeepMind (AI lab)
Tomorrow G will continue its case by presenting:
James Allan, an expert in computer science
Jesse Adkins, Director of Product Management at G
Eli Collins, VP of Product at G's DeepMind (AI lab)
Google called their next witness in the search remedy trial, Columbia professor Jason Nieh, who was designated as an expert in computer science.
April 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Google called their next witness in the search remedy trial, Columbia professor Jason Nieh, who was designated as an expert in computer science.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai took the stand this morning as part of Google’s defense against the DOJ’s broad remedy framework in the search trial, which, according to Pichai, would involve a “de facto” divestiture of Google search.
April 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Google CEO Sundar Pichai took the stand this morning as part of Google’s defense against the DOJ’s broad remedy framework in the search trial, which, according to Pichai, would involve a “de facto” divestiture of Google search.
This afternoon, Google began its defense in landmark search remedy trial against DOJ/States.
Its first witness, long-time Googler and VP of Security Engineering, Heather Adkins set the stage on how the govt's data sharing and divestiture remedies present alarming security risks.
Its first witness, long-time Googler and VP of Security Engineering, Heather Adkins set the stage on how the govt's data sharing and divestiture remedies present alarming security risks.
April 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This afternoon, Google began its defense in landmark search remedy trial against DOJ/States.
Its first witness, long-time Googler and VP of Security Engineering, Heather Adkins set the stage on how the govt's data sharing and divestiture remedies present alarming security risks.
Its first witness, long-time Googler and VP of Security Engineering, Heather Adkins set the stage on how the govt's data sharing and divestiture remedies present alarming security risks.
The DOJ's last witness in its case for extensive search remedies took the stand today. Tasneem Chipty, an econ consultant, was designated as an expert in industrial organization.
April 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The DOJ's last witness in its case for extensive search remedies took the stand today. Tasneem Chipty, an econ consultant, was designated as an expert in industrial organization.