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[unable to retrieve full-text content] In Antitrust Trial, Former Google Employee Details History of Search Deals  The New York Times Google trial begins in first major tech antitrust case in decades  The Washington Post Ex-Google exec said tech giant pushed for default status in search engine deals at antitrust trial  New York Post Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Google’s Antitrust Trial Tests Authority Over Big Tech: Live Updates  The New York Times Google, DOJ kick off biggest tech antitrust trial in decades  Axios Google Has Maintained Illegal Monopoly For More Than A Decade, DOJ Claims  Forbes Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The case against Google hinges on an antitrust “mistake”  The Economist Source link

By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Lawyers for Alphabet Inc’s Google LLC on Wednesday said they will ask a federal judge in Virginia to move the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit to Manhattan federal court, where the company is already fighting claims that it has abused its market power for online advertising technology. In a filing in the Manhattan litigation, Google’s attorneys said transferring the lawsuit was necessary for “judicial efficiency and to mitigate the obvious risk of… Source link

Company cites “judicial efficiency” in plan to seek transfer of new DOJ lawsuit DOJ could oppose such an effort, legal experts say Feb 2 (Reuters) – Lawyers for Alphabet Inc’s Google LLC on Wednesday said they will ask a federal judge in Virginia to move the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit to Manhattan federal court, where the company is already fighting claims that it has abused its market power for online advertising technology. In a filing in the Manhattan litigation, Google’s… Source link

Google parent Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) will report its Q4 earnings after the bell on Wednesday as investors and analysts look for signs that the broader digital advertising market has hit its bottom. Here’s what Wall Street expects from the company, as compiled by Bloomberg, compared to how the company performed in the same period last year. Alphabet had a 20-to-1 stock split in July 2022. The company, like Meta (META) and Snap (SNAP), is working to overcome a slowdown in the digital… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google’s Antitrust Case Is the Best Thing That Ever Happened  Gizmodo Source link

CEO of Alphabet and Google Sundar Pichai in Warsaw, Poland on March 29, 2022. Mateusz Wlodarczyk | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Department of Justice’s latest challenge to Google’s tech empire is an ambitious swing at the company with the potential to rearrange the digital advertising market. But alongside the possibility of great reward comes significant risk in seeking to push the boundaries of antitrust law. “DOJ is going big or going home here,” said Daniel Francis, who teaches antitrust at… Source link

Google makes changes to how Android promoted in India Move comes after India antitrust body rulings, court setbacks India key market for Android Google says will continue to appeal Android order NEW DELHI, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Google said on Wednesday it will allow device makers in India to license its individual apps for pre-installation and give an option to users to choose their default search engine, announcing sweeping changes to how it promotes its Android system. The move comes after the… Source link

Photo: Sean Gallup (Getty Images) In 1982, the Department of Justice wrapped up a 13-year antitrust case against IBM. The DOJ lost, but so did IBM. The tech landscape changed, and IBM was distracted and had to move slowly under the increased scrutiny. Microsoft and Apple swooped in and knocked IBM off its perch. 20 years later, the same thing happened to Microsoft. The DOJ launched an antitrust investigation, and ultimately Microsoft wasn’t broken up. But Apple, Google, and social media… Source link