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AUSTIN, Texas—Eight high-ranking employees of the Texas attorney general’s office reached out to law-enforcement authorities in September with a bold accusation, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this month. They claimed that their boss, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, had illegally used his office to interfere with an FBI investigation into a campaign donor. In the weeks after the employees notified the attorney general’s office of their claims, all eight were… Source link

More than 80% of U.S. online searches happen on Google, creating an ad base worth around $160 billion annually. The government claims Google has used that dominant position to force deals that make it the default search engine in other companies’ devices, blocking competitors from ever getting their products in front of consumers. Critics say the harm to consumers can be seen in, for example, the proliferation of intrusive paid ads brought up by Google searches, to the point that the… Source link

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — A judge in Virginia dismissed charges on Monday that were filed against a prominent Black state senator after police said that she and others conspired to damage a Confederate monument in the city of Portsmouth. The Virginian-Pilot reports the charges against state Sen. Louise Lucas were dismissed at the request of the city’s top prosecutor, who said the elements of the charges were not properly met. Portsmouth’s police department charged Lucas and several others in… Source link

As the dust settles on last week’s elections with President-elect Joe Biden set to occupy the White House and Republicans to likely maintain control of the Senate, all industries are contemplating what this political climate will hold in store for them. Popular opinion remains mixed as to whether President-elect Biden will be more proactive in his policing of Silicon Valley and Big Tech compared to the previous Democratic administration, but most are certain the preexisting Justice… Source link

India’s antitrust watchdog has opened an investigation into Google for allegedly abusing the dominant position of its app store and Android mobile operating system to promote its payments service in the world’s second largest internet market. In its Monday announcement (PDF) about opening an antitrust case against Google, Indian watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI) said it would review claims whether Google “unfairly” skews the search results on… Source link

Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Late last month the Department of Justice filed a long-anticipated antitrust lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of engaging in anti-competitive practices. It’s the most aggressive challenge the DOJ has made against a tech giant since it accused Microsoft of anti-competitive practices in 1997. The lawsuit homes in on Google’s… Source link

Google’s payments to Apple to promote its search engine in iPhones, iPads and Mac computers are at the center of the Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant. The suit alleges this creates a “continuous and self-reinforcing cycle of monopolization” by limiting which search engines consumers can use. But as someone who studies platform markets, competition and industry structure, I believe the agreement seems more like a damning indictment of Apple’s own… Source link

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google must tell a district court how it will respond to a federal antitrust lawsuit by mid-November, with the two sides making initial disclosures later in the month, U.S. Judge Amit Mehta said in a brief order Friday. FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is shown at one of the company’s office complexes in Irvine, California, U.S., July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake The U.S. Justice Department sued Google on Oct. 20, accusing the $1 trillion company of illegally using… Source link

The government hasn’t yet specified what remedies it would seek to correct Google’s conduct, should it win a monopoly judgment, though the U.S. is expected to seek a court order preventing Google from continuing to form exclusionary agreements with device manufacturers. The lawsuit hints that the U.S. would seek a structural fix, which could amount to a breakup of Google or a forced divestiture of assets. That might be overkill, according to antitrust lawyers. “A much more effective remedy… Source link