Google has a lot at stake as a federal judge weighs whether the tech giant’s search empire should be broken up. But so does the rest of Silicon Valley.
Google has a lot at stake as a federal judge weighs whether the tech giant’s search empire should be broken up.) against the Justice Department entered its final stage this past week as prosecutors from the federal government and 14 states said in their closing arguments that Google illegally monopolized the online search and search advertising markets.
A similar claim was made by the government in Google's case, which hinges on several types of contracts that Google allegedly used to cement its search dominance. That strategy has been unsuccessful for the DOJ so far, including in its landmark case in the 1990s that eventually forced Microsoft But if the judge in the Google case is persuaded that the theory has some merit, First explained, it could alter the way future antitrust cases are evaluated.
Prosecutors said manufacturers were concerned that Amazon's partnership with Bing for mobile search services would risk lucrative deals with Google. The judge in this case, Mehta, may or may not have tipped his hand in his final questions to the lawyers during closing arguments this past week."You can talk about competition, but the competitor bears some responsibility for competing," Mehta said while also questioning why new rivals were not pushing to enter Google's market — and whether that's even possible.
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