Page 3 - John Schmidtlein News Today

WASHINGTON, May 3 ― US District Judge Amit Mehta peppered the Justice Department and Alphabet's Google with questions during the first day of closing arguments in the...

The judge overseeing a pivotal antitrust trial focused on whether Google is stifling competition and innovation has repeatedly indicated he believes it would be difficult for a formidable rival search

The judge overseeing a pivotal antitrust trial focused on whether Google is stifling competition and innovation repeatedly indicated Thursday that he believes…

A US judge who will decide Google’s fate in a historic antitrust trial suggested it was “odd” for the company to say it has the best search engine but also pay Apple billions to lock out rivals.

(Bloomberg) -- The US Department of Justice reiterated its argument that Google has broken antitrust laws through exclusive, multi-billion-dollar deals to maintain a dominant position in the market for online search and related advertising. Most Read from BloombergSaudi Arabia Steps Up Arrests Of Those Attacking Israel OnlineTurkey Confirms All Trade Halt With Israel Over War in GazaHuawei Secretly Backs US Research, Awarding Millions in PrizesBiden Calls Ally Japan ‘Xenophobic’ Al...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta peppered the Justice Department and Alphabet's Google with questions during the first day of closing arguments in the government's antitrust lawsuit against the online search leader. The Justice Department hammered away at Google in a trial that started on Sept. 12, arguing the search engine giant is a monopolist and illegally abused its power to favor its bottom line. The second day of closing arguments is set for Friday.

Whenever you type a search into Apple’s Safari browser — say, on an iPhone — chances are it’s Google that returns the results.

Google, being accused of unlawfully exploiting its position to dominate the search engine industry, has contended that its search engine's popularity stems from its superior quality rather than any dubious business practices. Read more.

Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada

The Department of Justice and Google made some of their final arguments about the search engine’s alleged anticompetitive behavior in closing arguments.