Penske Media v. Google antitrust case

US District Court, District of Columbia · 1:25-cv-03192 · filed Sep 12, 2025 · Active

The publisher of Rolling Stone, Variety and Billboard alleges Google coerces publishers into supplying content for AI Overviews by tying it to search indexing.

The case

Plaintiffs: Penske Media
Defendants: Google
Court: US District Court, District of Columbia
Docket: 1:25-cv-03192
Filed: Sep 12, 2025
Status: ActiveMotions to dismiss pending before Judge Mehta alongside Chegg v. Google.

History

3 dated entries

Date	Entry	Type	Source
May 5	Ruling: ORDER denying 28 Motion to Set Oral Argument on Google's Motions to Dismiss	Ruling	-
May 5	Order: MINUTE ORDER denying 28 Motion to Set Oral Argument on Google's Motions to Dismiss	Order	-
Sep 12, 2025	Filing: Complaint filed: PENSKE MEDIA CORPORATION v. GOOGLE LLC	Filing	Link

When	Case	Kind	Status	Filed
Sep 25Telephone Conference Todaynext date	United States v. Visa (debit)Telephone ConferenceActiveAntitrustS.D. N.Y.	Antitrust	Active	Sep 24, 2024
Oct 2Joint proposed final judgment due in 7dnext date	United States v. Google (ad tech)Joint proposed final judgment dueDecidedAntitrustE.D. Va.	Antitrust	Decided	Jan 24, 2023
Oct 8Oral Argument in 13dnext date	Hachette Book Group v. GoogleOral ArgumentActiveCopyrightS.D. N.Y.	Copyright	Active	Jul 10
Oct 13Motion Hearing in 18dnext date	Google v. SerpApiMotion HearingActiveContractN.D. Cal.	Contract	Active	Dec 19, 2025
Oct 15Initial Case Management Conference in 20dnext date	EVOX Productions v. GoogleInitial Case Management ConferenceActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.	Copyright	Active	Jul 9
Dec 2Further Case Management Conference in 68dnext date	Gavalas v. Google (Gemini)Further Case Management ConferenceActiveConsumer protectionN.D. Cal.	Consumer protection	Active	Mar 4
Jul 23Filed 64d agofiled	EU Commission: Google DMA finesDecidedAntitrustEuropean CommissionEUR 890 million	Antitrust	Decided	Jul 23
Jul 9Filed 78d agofiled	EU Commission: SAP ERP support commitmentsClosedAntitrustEuropean Commission	Antitrust	Closed	Jul 9

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PENSKE MEDIA CORPORATION v. GOOGLE LLC

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