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California files to join U.S. antitrust lawsuit against Google

California files to join U.S. antitrust lawsuit against Google

By David Shepardson, Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – California asked to join the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against Google on Friday, making the state’s attorney general the first Democrat to openly support the litigation. FILE PHOTO: After the company announced it would extend its coronavirus work-from-home order until summer 2021, a Google sign is shown at one of the company’s office complexes in Irvine, California, U.S., July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File… Source link

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California files to join U.S. antitrust lawsuit against Google

California files to join U.S. antitrust lawsuit against Google

By David Shepardson, Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – California asked to join the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against Google on Friday, making the state’s attorney general the first Democrat to openly support the litigation. FILE PHOTO: After the company announced it would extend its coronavirus work-from-home order until summer 2021, a Google sign is shown at one of the company’s office complexes in Irvine, California, U.S., July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File… Source link

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California files to join U.S. antitrust lawsuit against Google

California files to join U.S. antitrust lawsuit against Google

By David Shepardson, Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – California asked to join the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against Google on Friday, making the state’s attorney general the first Democrat to openly support the litigation. FILE PHOTO: After the company announced it would extend its coronavirus work-from-home order until summer 2021, a Google sign is shown at one of the company’s office complexes in Irvine, California, U.S., July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File… Source link

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Best gift ideas, from Baby Yoda to Oculus

Best gift ideas, from Baby Yoda to Oculus

Google recently released its Google Shopping Gift Guide, a list of 100 trending gift ideas broken down by interests and hobbies like gaming, fitness and wellness. The holiday gift guide reflects what people Googled this holiday season in search of the perfect gifts. While Google has released information like this in the past, this year’s trends provide interesting insights into search habits likely shaped by the pandemic and subsequent increased time spent indoors, for example: 450 percent… Source link

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California to join Justice Department in antitrust case against Google

California to join Justice Department in antitrust case against Google

California is seeking to join the Justice Department in its antitrust lawsuit against Google parent Alphabet Inc., one of the state’s largest businesses. State Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed the motion to join the case in federal court on Friday. “Google’s anticompetitive behavior has unlawfully maintained the company’s monopoly on internet search and search-based advertising at the expense of consumers,” said Becerra. The Justice Department sued… Source link

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California asks to join DOJ’s Google suit

California asks to join DOJ’s Google suit

Background: The DOJ and 11 states sued Google for antitrust violations on Oct. 20, two weeks before the presidential election. The majority of U.S. states, who have been investigating Google over antitrust concerns since Sept. 2019, opted to hold off signing on to the DOJ’s suit because of concerns about the timing and litigation strategy. That group, led by Colorado and Nebraska, is expected to file its own antitrust suit against Google over its power in the online search market in the… Source link

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California asks to join DOJ lawsuit against Google

California asks to join DOJ lawsuit against Google

California is seeking to join the Justice Department in its antitrust lawsuit against Google, according to a court filing the state submitted on Friday. The move makes Google’s home state the first Democratic enforcer to seek to join the DOJ and eleven Republican attorneys general in the lawsuit. California did not join the initial group of 50 states and territories that launched an investigation into the search giant last year, but Politico later reported it had been pursuing its own probe. A… Source link

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California files to join U.S. antitrust lawsuit against Google

California files to join U.S. antitrust lawsuit against Google

By David Shepardson, Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – California asked to join the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against Google on Friday, making the state’s attorney general the first Democrat to openly support the litigation. FILE PHOTO: After the company announced it would extend its coronavirus work-from-home order until summer 2021, a Google sign is shown at one of the company’s office complexes in Irvine, California, U.S., July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File… Source link

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