Google Federal Appellate Court Decisions

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

James Diez v. Google, Incorporated

Filed: December 17, 2020

Court: US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Case Number: 20-50940

ELI ATTIA V. GOOGLE LLC

Filed: December 16, 2020

Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 19-15771

Trade Secrets. The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal of claims brought under the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act against Google, LLC, and other defendants by an architect and his firm. The architect first sued Google in 2014 for state law trade secret and contract claims. After Congress enacted the DTSA in 2016, he added RICO and DTSA claims. The panel concluded that the DTSA claim was precluded by…