Case 1:20-cv-03010-APM Document 1573 Filed 11/06/26 Page 1 of 14 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA United States of America, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 1:20-cv-03010-APM v. HON. AMIT P. MEHTA Google LLC, Defendant. State of Colorado, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 1:20-cv-03715-APM v. HON. AMIT P. MEHTA Google LLC, Defendant. JOINT STATUS REPORT Pursuant to the Court’s October 30, 2026 Minute Order, the Parties submit the following Joint Status Report to update the Court on progress relating to the remedial syndication license template required under Sections V and VI.B of the Final Judgment, as well as to further update the Court regarding the status of disputes relating to the indemnification of Technical Committee Members and Staff. I. Status of Remedial Syndication License Template At the hearing on October 30, 2026, this Court requested that the Parties provide a status update regarding the remedial syndication license template and Google’s objections thereto. Tr. of Status Hr’g (Oct. 30, 2026), at 102:7–17, 105:8–15. Following that hearing, the Parties have 1 Case 1:20-cv-03010-APM Document 1573 Filed 11/06/26 Page 2 of 14 continued to work diligently to further resolve Google’s objections regarding the remedial syndication license template and clarify disputes in need of the Court’s attention. On Thursday, November 5, 2026, the Parties met and conferred regarding a process for expeditiously resolving disputes regarding the remedial syndication license template. Plaintiffs therein agreed to provide Google with an updated version of the template submitted to this Court, ECF No. 1560-1, no later than Friday, November 13, 2026. This updated template is intended to reflect this Court’s guidance from the October 30 hearing and Plaintiffs’ attempts to further resolve Google’s objections. The Parties jointly propose that they file a further status report on Monday, November 16, 2026, concerning the remedial syndication license template and the timeline for resolving outstanding disputes. At the hearing on October 30, 2026, this Court also requested that the Technical Committee (“TC”) provide written submissions regarding the (1) use of syndicated search results within GenAI Products and (2) the pricing of remedial syndication. Tr. of Status Hr’g (Oct. 30, 2026), at 103:4–104:2. Plaintiffs intend to file the TC’s written submission regarding the use of syndicated search results within GenAI Products within the next week. II. Indemnification of TC Members and TC Staff Since the last status conference, the Parties and the TC’s legal and insurance teams held several meet and confers regarding possible options relating to indemnification, including TC insurance and amendments to the TC Member Indemnification Agreements to reflect the Parties’ agreement in principle to expand the scope of indemnifiable conduct pursuant to Delaware Law. Pursuant to these discussions, the Parties are close to reaching agreement on all outstanding disputes relating to TC insurance and amendments to the TC Member Indemnification Agreements. The Parties are continuing to confer and expect to reach agreement by November 2 Case 1:20-cv-03010-APM Document 1573 Filed 11/06/26 Page 3 of 14 13, 2026. Accordingly, the Parties request that the next status report on this topic be due one week from today, on November 13, 2026. Dated: November 6, 2026 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Grant M. Fergusson Claire M. Maddox (D.C. Bar #498356) Travis R. Chapman (D.C. Bar #90031151) Danielle Hauck Grant M. Fergusson (D.C. Bar #90004882) Joseph Gordon (D.C. Bar #90027976) Ryan T. Karr Emma Waitzman (D.C. Bar #1738427) U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division Technology & Digital Platforms Section 450 Fifth Street NW, Suite 7100 Washington, DC 20530 Telephone: (202) 549-7155 Claire.Maddox@usdoj.gov Counsel for Plaintiff United States of America 3 Case 1:20-cv-03010-APM Document 1573 Filed 11/06/26 Page 4 of 14 By: /s/ Amanda Wentz By: /s/ Charles Thimmesch Amanda J. Wentz Christopher Carr, Attorney General Assistant Attorney General Logan B. Winkles, Deputy Attorney Office of the Arkansas Attorney General General 101 West Capitol Avenue Ronald J. Stay, Jr., Senior Assistant Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Attorney General Phone: (501) 682-1178 Charles Thimmesch, Senior Assistant Amanda.Wentz@ArkansasAG.gov Attorney General Office of the Attorney General, State of Counsel for Plaintiff State of Arkansas Georgia 40 Capitol Square, SW By: /s/ Carolyn D. Jeffries Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1300 Rob Bonta, Attorney General cthimmesch@law.georgia.gov Paula Blizzard, Senior Assistant Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Georgia Michael Jorgenson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General By: /s/ Scott L. Barnhart Brian Wang, Deputy Attorney Theodore Edward Rokita, Attorney General General Scott L. Barnhart, Chief Counsel and Carolyn D. Jeffries, Deputy Attorney Director, Consumer Protection Division General (DC Bar No. 1600843) Office of the Attorney General, State of Office of the Attorney General Indiana California Department of Justice Indiana Government Center South, Fifth 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 Floor San Francisco, California 94102 302 West Washington Street Cari.Jeffries@doj.ca.gov Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Scott.Barnhart@atg.in.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of California By: /s/ Lee Istrail Counsel for Plaintiff State of Indiana James Uthmeier, Attorney General R. Scott Palmer, Special Counsel, Complex Enforcement Chief, Antitrust Division Lee Istrail, Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General, State of Florida PL-01 The Capitol Tallahassee, Florida 32399 Lee.Istrail@myfloridalegal.com Scott.Palmer@myfloridalegal.com Counsel for Plaintiff State of Florida 4 Case 1:20-cv-03010-APM Document 1573 Filed 11/06/26 Page 5 of 14 By: /s/ Jonathan E. Farmer By: /s/ Alison Esbeck Russell Coleman, Attorney General Alison Esbeck J. Christian Lewis, Commissioner of the Assistant Attorney General Office of Consumer Protection Missouri Attorney General’s Office Philip R. Heleringer, Executive 815 Olive Street | Suite 200 Director of the Office of Consumer Saint Louis, Missouri 63101 Protection Alison.esbeck@ago.mo.gov Jonathan E. Farmer, Deputy Executive Phone: 314-340-4977 Director of the Office of Consumer Protection Counsel for Plaintiff State of Missouri Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Kentucky By: /s/ Anna Schneider 1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 200 Anna Schneider Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 Special Assistant Attorney General, Philip.Heleringer@ky.gov Senior Counsel, Montana Office of Consumer Protection Counsel for Plaintiff P.O. Box 200151 Commonwealth of Kentucky Helena, MT 59602-0150 Phone: (406) 444-4500 By: /s/ Asyl Nachabe Anna.schneider@mt.gov Liz Murrill, Attorney General Asyl Nachabe, Assistant Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Montana Office of the Attorney General, State of Louisiana By: /s/ Mary Frances Jowers Public Protection Division Alan Wilson, Attorney General 909 Poydras St. Suite 1850 W. Jeffrey Young, Chief Deputy New Orleans, LA 70112 Attorney General (225) 326-6435 C. Havird Jones, Jr., Senior Assistant NachabeA@ag.louisiana.gov Deputy Attorney General Mary Frances Jowers, Assistant Deputy Counsel for Plaintiff State of Louisiana Attorney General Office of the Attorney General By: /s/ Scott Mertens State of South Carolina Dana Nessel, Attorney General 1000 Assembly Street Scott Mertens, Assistant Attorney General Rembert C. Dennis Michigan Department of Attorney General Building P.O. Box 30736 P.O. Box 11549 Lansing, Michigan 48909 Columbia, South Carolina 29211-1549 MertensS@michigan.gov mfjowers@scag.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of Michigan Counsel for Plaintiff State of South Carolina 5 Case 1:20-cv-03010-APM Document 1573 Filed 11/06/26 Page 6 of 14 By: /s/ Diamante Smith Ken Paxton, Attorney General Ralph Molina, Deputy First Assistant Attorney General William D. Wassdorf, Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation Thomas York, Division Chief, Antitrust Division Diamante Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division Office of the Attorney General, State of Texas P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 (512) 936-1162 Diamante.Smith@oag.texas.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of Texas By: /s/ Caitlin M. Madden Joshua L. Kaul, Attorney General Caitlin M. Madden, Assistant Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice 17 W. Main St. Post Office Box 7857 Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7857 caitlin.madden@Wisconsin.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of Wisconsin 6 Case 1:20-cv-03010-APM Document 1573 Filed 11/06/26 Page 7 of 14 PHILIP WEISER Attorney General of Colorado BRENNA BIRD Attorney General of Iowa /s/ Jonathan B. Sallet Jonathan B. Sallet, DC Bar No. 336198 Noah Goerlitz, Assistant Attorney General Steven M. Kaufmann Office of the Attorney General of Iowa Elizabeth W. Hereford 1305 E. Walnut St., 2nd Floor Conor J. May Des Moines, IA 50319 Colorado Office of the Attorney General Telephone: (515) 725-1018 1300 Broadway, 7th Floor E-Mail: Noah.goerlitz@ag.iowa.gov Denver, CO 80203 Telephone: (720) 508-6000 Counsel for Plaintiff State of Iowa E-Mail: Jon.Sallet@coag.gov Steve.Kaufmann@coag.gov LETITIA JAMES Elizabeth.Hereford@coag.gov Attorney General of New York Conor.May@coag.gov Elinor R. Hoffmann Counsel for Plaintiff State of Colorado Morgan J. Feder Michael D. Schwartz MIKE HILGERS Office of the New York State Attorney Attorney General of Nebraska General 28 Liberty Street Justin C. McCully, Assistant Attorney New York, NY 10005 General Telephone: (212) 416-8513 Nebraska Department of Justice E-Mail: Elinor.hoffmann@ag.ny.gov Office of the Attorney General Morgan.feder@ag.ny.gov 2115 State Capitol Michael.schwartz@ag.ny.gov Lincoln, NE 68509 Telephone: (402) 471-9305 Counsel for Plaintiff State of New York E-Mail: Justin.mccully@nebraska.gov JEFF JACKSON Counsel for Plaintiff State of Nebraska Attorney General of North Carolina KRISTIN K. MAYES Kunal Janak Choksi Attorney General of Arizona Joshua Daniel Abram North Carolina Department of Justice Robert A. Bernheim, Unit Chief Counsel 114 W. Edenton St. Jayme Weber, Senior Litigation Counsel Raleigh, NC 27603 Arizona Office of the Attorney General Telephone: (919) 716-6000 400 West Congress, Ste. S-215 E-Mail: kchoksi@ncdoj.gov Tucson, Arizona 85701 jabram@ncdoj.gov Telephone: (520) 628-6507 E-Mail: Robert.Bernheim@azag.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of North Jayme.Weber@azag.gov Carolina Counsel for Plaintiff State of Arizona 7 Case 1:20-cv-03010-APM Document 1573 Filed 11/06/26 Page 8 of 14 JONATHAN SKRMETTI WILLIAM TONG Attorney General of Tennessee Attorney General of Connecticut J. David McDowell Nicole Demers Austin Ostiguy Office of the Attorney General of Tyler Corcoran Connecticut Office of the Attorney General and 165 Capitol Avenue, Suite 5000 Reporter Hartford, CT 06106 P.O. Box 20207 Telephone: (860) 808-5202 Nashville, TN 37202 E-Mail: Nicole.demers@ct.gov Telephone: (615) 741-8722 E-Mail: David.McDowell@ag.tn.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of Connecticut austin.ostiguy@ag.tn.gov Tyler.Corcoran@ag.tn.gov KATHLEEN JENNINGS Attorney General of Delaware Counsel for Plaintiff State of Tennessee Michael Andrew Undorf DEREK E. BROWN Delaware Department of Justice Attorney General of Utah Fraud and Consumer Protection Division 820 N. French St., 5th Floor Marie W.L. Martin, Division Director Wilmington, DE 19801 Utah Office of Attorney General Telephone: (302) 683-8816 160 E 300 S, 5th Floor E-Mail: Michael.undorf@delaware.gov P.O. Box 140811 Salt Lake City, Utah 84114 Counsel for Plaintiff State of Delaware Telephone: (801) 440-9825 E-Mail: BRIAN SCHWALB mwmartin@agutah.gov Attorney General of the District of Columbia Counsel for Plaintiff State of Utah Elizabeth Gentry Arthur STEPHEN J. COX Office of the Attorney General for the Attorney General of Alaska District of Columbia 400 6th Street NW Jeff Pickett Washington, DC 20001 Senior Assistant Attorney General Telephone: (202) 724-6514 State of Alaska, Department of Law E-Mail: Elizabeth.arthur@dc.gov Office of the Attorney General 1031 W. Fourth Avenue, Suite 200 Counsel for Plaintiff District of Columbia Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Telephone: (907) 269-5275 E-Mail: Jeff.pickett@alaska.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of Alaska 8 Case 1:20-cv-03010-APM Document 1573 Filed 11/06/26 Page 9 of 14 DOUGLAS MOYLAN KWAME RAOUL Attorney General of Guam Attorney General of Illinois Norman Lee Miller, Jr. Elizabeth Maxeiner Office of the Attorney General of Guam Brian Yost 590 S. Marine Corps Drive, Suite 901 Jennifer Coronel Tamuning, Guam 96913 Office of the Attorney General of Illinois Telephone: (671) 475-2710 115 S. LaSalle St. E-Mail: nmillerjr@oagguam.org Chicago, IL 60603 Telephone: (773) 590-7935 Counsel for Plaintiff Territory Guam E-Mail: Elizabeth.maxeiner@ilag.gov Brian.yost@ilag.gov ANNE E. LOPEZ Jennifer.coronel@ilag.gov Attorney General of Hawai‘i Counsel for Plaintiff State of Illinois Rodney I. Kimura Department of the Attorney General, State KRIS W. KOBACH of Hawai‘i Attorney General of Kansas 425 Queen Street Honolulu, HI 96813 Christopher Teters Telephone (808) 586-1180 Kansas Office of the Attorney General E-Mail: Rodney.i.kimura@hawaii.gov 120 S.W. 10th Avenue, 2nd Floor Topeka, KS 66612 Counsel for Plaintiff State of Hawai‘i Telephone: (785) 296-3751 E-Mail: chris.teters@ag.ks.gov RAÚL LABRADOR Attorney General of Idaho Counsel for Plaintiff State of Kansas John K. Olson AARON M. FREY Office of the Idaho Attorney General Attorney General of Maine Consumer Protection Division 954 W. Jefferson St., 2nd Floor Christina M. Moylan P.O. Box 83720 Office of the Attorney General of Maine Boise, ID 83720 6 State House Station Telephone: (208) 332-3549 August, ME 04333 E-Mail: John.olson@ag.idaho.gov Telephone: (207) 626-8800 E-Mail: Christina.moylan@maine.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of Idaho Counsel for Plaintiff State of Maine 9 Case 1:20-cv-03010-APM Document 1573 Filed 11/06/26 Page 10 of 14 ANTHONY G. BROWN AARON D. FORD Attorney General of Maryland Attorney General of Nevada Schonette J. Walker Michelle C. Badorine Melissa English Lucas J. Tucker Office of the Attorney General of Nevada Office of the Attorney General Maryland 100 N. Carson Street 200 St. Paul Place, 19th Floor Carson City, NV 89701 Baltimore, MD 21202 Telephone: (775) 684-1164 Telephone: (410) 576-6480 E-Mail: mbadorine@ag.nv.gov E-Mail: swalker@oag.state.md.us ltucker@ag.nv.gov menglish@oag.state.md.us Counsel for Plaintiff State of Nevada Counsel for Plaintiff State of Maryland JOHN FORMELLA ANDREA CAMPBELL Attorney General of New Hampshire Attorney General of Massachusetts Brandon Garod Jennifer E. Greaney Office of Attorney General of New Office of the Attorney General of Hampshire Massachusetts 1 Granite Place South One Ashburton Place, 18th Floor Concord, NH 03301 Boston, MA 02108 Telephone: (603) 271-1217 Telephone: (617) 963-2981 E-Mail: Brandon.h.garod@doj.nh.gov E-Mail: Jennifer, greaney@mass.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Hampshire Massachusetts JENNIFER DAVENPORT KEITH ELLISON Acting Attorney General of New Jersey Attorney General of Minnesota Yale A. Leber Zach Biesanz Abiola G. Miles Senior Enforcement Counsel Deputy Attorneys General Office of the Minnesota Attorney General New Jersey Attorney General’s Office Antitrust Division 25 Market Street, P.O. Box 106 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 600 Trenton, NJ 08625 St. Paul, MN 55101 Telephone: (609) 376-2383 Telephone: (651) 757-1257 E-Mail: Yale.Leber@law.njoag.gov E-Mail: Zach.biesanz@ag.state.mn.us Abiola.Miles@law.njoag.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of Minnesota Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Jersey 10 Case 1:20-cv-03010-APM Document 1573 Filed 11/06/26 Page 11 of 14 RAÚL TORREZ Counsel for Plaintiff State of Ohio Attorney General of New Mexico GENTNER DRUMMOND Judith E. Paquin Cholla Khoury Attorney General of Oklahoma Assistant Attorney General New Mexico Office of the Attorney Cameron R. Capps General Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General 408 Galisteo St. 313 NE 21st Street Santa Fe, NM 87504 Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Telephone: (505) 490-4885 Telephone: (405) 522-0858 E-Mail: jpaquin@nmag.gov E-Mail: Cameron.capps@oag.ok.gov ckhoury@nmag.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of Oklahoma Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Mexico DAN RAYFIELD DREW WRIGLEY Attorney General of Oregon Attorney General of North Dakota Gina Ko, Assistant Attorney General Elin S. Alm Oregon Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General 100 SW Market Street Consumer Protection and Antitrust Portland, OR 97201 Division Telephone: (503) 934-4400 Office of the Attorney General of North E-Mail: Gina.Ko@doj.oregon.gov Dakota 1720 Burlington Drive, Suite C Counsel for Plaintiff State of Oregon Bismarck, ND 58504 Telephone: (701) 328-5570 DAVID W. SUNDAY, JR. E-Mail: ealm@nd.gov Attorney General of Pennsylvania Counsel for Plaintiff State of North Tracy W. Wertz Dakota Joseph S. Betsko Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General D. ANDREW WILSON Strawberry Square Attorney General of Ohio Harrisburg, PA 17120 Telephone: (717) 787-4530 Beth Ann Finnerty, Section Chief, E-Mail: jbetsko@attorneygeneral.gov Antitrust twertz@attorneygeneral.gov Sarah Mader, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Office of the Attorney General of Ohio Pennsylvania 30 E Broad Street, 26 th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Telephone: (614) 466-4328 E-Mail: Beth.Finnerty@ohioago.gov Sarah.Mader@ohioago.gov 11 Case 1:20-cv-03010-APM Document 1573 Filed 11/06/26 Page 12 of 14 LOURDES L. GÓMEZ TORRES Dakota Secretary of Justice CHARITY R. CLARK TANIA L. FERNÁNDEZ-MEDERO Attorney General of Vermont Assistant Secretary of Justice Christopher J. Curtis, Assistant Attorney SAMUEL WISCOVITCH-CORALI General Deputy Undersecretary Office of the Attorney General of Vermont Pablo Tufiño-Soto 109 State St. Senior Attorney Montpelier, VT 05609 Antitrust Division Telephone: (802) 828-3170 Puerto Rico Department of Justice E-Mail: christopher.curtis@vermont.gov P.O. Box 9020192 Counsel for Plaintiff State of Vermont San Juan, Puerto Rico 00902-0192 Telephone: (787) 721-2900, Ext. 1205 JAY JONES E-Mail: ptufino@justicia.pr.gov Attorney General of Virginia Counsel for Plaintiff Territory Puerto Tyler T. Henry Rico Senior Assistant Attorney General Antitrust Unit PETER NERONHA Office of the Attorney General of Virginia Attorney General of Rhode Island 202 N. 9th Street Richmond, VA 23219 Stephen Provazza Telephone: (804) 692-0485 Rhode Island Office of the Attorney E-Mail: thenry@oag.state.va.us General 150 South Main Street Counsel for Plaintiff State of Virginia Providence, RI 02903 Telephone: (401) 274-4400 NICHOLAS W. BROWN E-Mail: SProvazza@riag.ri.gov Attorney General of Washington Counsel for Plaintiff State of Rhode Island Amy N.L. Hanson Senior Managing Assistant Attorney MARTIN J. JACKLEY General Attorney General of South Dakota 800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2000 Seattle, WA 98104 Yvette K. Lafrentz Telephone: (206) 464-5419 Office of the Attorney General of South E-Mail: Amy.hanson@atg.wa.gov Dakota 1302 E. Hwy 14, Suite 1 Counsel for Plaintiff State of Washington Pierre, SD 57501 Telephone: (605) 773-3215 E-Mail: Yvette.lafrentz@state.sd.us Counsel for Plaintiff State of South 12 Case 1:20-cv-03010-APM Document 1573 Filed 11/06/26 Page 13 of 14 JOHN B. McCUSKEY Attorney General of West Virginia Douglas Lee Davis Office of the Attorney General, State of West Virginia 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East Building 6, Suite 401 P.O. Box 1789 Charleston, WV 25305 Telephone: (304) 558-8986 E-Mail: Douglas.l.davis@wvago.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of West Virginia KEITH KAUTZ Attorney General of Wyoming William T. Young Wyoming Attorney General’s Office 2320 Capitol Avenue Kendrick Building Cheyenne, WY 82002 Telephone: (307) 777-7847 E-Mail: William.young@wyo.gov Counsel for Plaintiff State of Wyoming 13 Case 1:20-cv-03010-APM Document 1573 Filed 11/06/26 Page 14 of 14 WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP By: /s/ John E. Schmidtlein John E. Schmidtlein (D.C. Bar No. 441261) Benjamin M. Greenblum (D.C. Bar No. 979786) Colette T. Connor (D.C. Bar No. 991533) 680 Maine Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20024 Tel: 202-434-5000 jschmidtlein@wc.com bgreenblum@wc.com cconnor@wc.com WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI P.C. Michael Sommer (admitted pro hac vice) Franklin M. Rubinstein (D.C. Bar No. 476674) 1700 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 Tel: 202-973-880 msommer@wsgr.com frubinstein@wsgr.com ROPES & GRAY LLP Mark S. Popofsky (D.C. 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