DOJ, 8 States, Google Submit Joint Discovery Plan for Antitrust Case

Counsel for DOJ and eight plaintiff states, plus defendant Google, submitted a joint proposed discovery plan (docket 1:23-cv-00108) Tuesday in the digital advertising antitrust case against Google. The parties will exchange disclosures required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1) by Monday in U.S. District Court for Eastern Virginia in Alexandria, said the plan. Joinder of additional parties will governed by the applicable rules and amendment of pleadings by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15, it said. Discovery was slated to begin Monday, the same day Google moved to dismiss the case (see 2303290038) for plaintiffs’ failure to allege “plausible relevant markets.”