Google Federal Appellate Court Decisions

BENJAMIN JOFFE V. GOOGLE, INC.

Filed: December 27, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 20-15616

Class Actions. The panel affirmed the district court’s order certifying a class, approving a settlement agreement, and awarding attorneys’ fees, in a consolidated class action lawsuit in which plaintiffs alleged, on behalf of an estimated sixty million people, that Google illegally collected their Wi-Fi data through its Street View program. After a decade of litigation, including a complex, three- year forensic investigation to confirm the standing of the eighteen named…

In Re GOOGLE LLC

Filed: November 15, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case Number: 21-178

In Re GOOGLE LLC

Filed: November 15, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case Number: 21-178

In Re GOOGLE LLC

Filed: November 9, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case Number: 21-1191

In Re GOOGLE LLC

Filed: October 6, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case Number: 21-171

In Re GOOGLE LLC

Filed: September 27, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case Number: 21-170

UNILOC 2017 LLC v. GOOGLE LLC

Filed: August 31, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case Number: 19-2277

UNILOC 2017 LLC v. GOOGLE LLC

Filed: August 31, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case Number: 19-2137

Data Engine Technologies LLC v. Google LLC

Filed: August 26, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case Number: 21-1050

PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES LLC v. GOOGLE LLC

Filed: August 12, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case Number: 20-1543

In Re GOOGLE LLC

Filed: August 4, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case Number: 21-144

ADTRADER, INC. V. GOOGLE LLC

Filed: July 30, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 20-15542

Attorneys’ Fees/Appellate Jurisdiction. The panel dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction an appeal from the district court’s attorneys’ fee award in a class action against Google by plaintiff AdTrader Inc. on behalf of itself and advertisers who used Google advertising services but did not receive refunds for invalid traffic that does not represent genuine human activity. Google informed AdTrader and the district court in April 2019 that Google would issue refunds…

Gonzalez v. Google, LLC

Filed: June 22, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 18-16700

Anti-Terrorism Act. The panel addressed appeals from the district court’s dismissal of three actions seeking damages under the Anti- Terrorism Act against Google, Twitter, and Facebook on the basis that defendants’ social media platforms allowed ISIS to post videos and other content to communicate the terrorist group’s message, to radicalize new recruits, and to generally further its mission. The panel affirmed the judgments in the Gonzalez and Clayborn appeals and…

ORACLE AMERICA, INC. v. GOOGLE LLC

Filed: May 14, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case Number: 17-1118

BOB LEWIS V. GOOGLE LLC

Filed: April 15, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 20-16073

CYWEE GROUP LTD. v. GOOGLE LLC

Filed: March 16, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case Number: 20-1565

AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, LLC v. GOOGLE LLC

Filed: February 4, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case Number: 20-1439

AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, LLC v. GOOGLE LLC

Filed: February 4, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case Number: 20-1401

Assem Abulkhair v. Google LLC

Filed: January 13, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Case Number: 20-1017

RENE CABRERA V. GOOGLE LLC

Filed: January 4, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 19-16466