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February 28, 2024
Google Attys' 'Fake Privilege' Comments Cited In Search Suit
The U.S. Justice Department and states accusing Google of monopolizing the online-search market have asked a D.C. federal judge to consider internal chats disclosed in Epic Games' antitrust lawsuit that revealed Google's lawyers discussing "fake privilege" — a practice of unnecessarily involving a lawyer to make an exchange confidential.
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January 01, 2024
Retail Cases To Watch In 2024
A wide variety of cases are likely to keep retail industry attorneys busy in 2024, including high-profile antitrust actions against Amazon and Google, a growing number of greenwashing disputes, and skirmishes between major retailers and their increasingly unionized workforces.
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November 30, 2023
Hey Google, What's Next?
The fate of Google's largest source of revenue remains months, and probably years, away from resolution after 10 weeks of trial on the government's antitrust allegations targeting the contracts that make Google the default search engine on the devices and browsers used by most Americans.
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November 16, 2023
Google Search Judge: 'No Idea What I'll Do'
An economics expert for the Justice Department closed out the government's monopolization trial against Google by arguing Thursday that if the search giant is right that it really competes directly with Yelp, Expedia and Amazon, it would offer multiple specialized vertical search services and not just a one-stop shop.
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November 15, 2023
User Scale Powered Google Innovation For Years, Judge Told
Google failed to debunk U.S. Department of Justice assertions about the importance of user scale to search results, a government witness told a D.C. federal judge Wednesday, arguing that data the company provided misses years of trial and error powered by user data.
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November 13, 2023
Google's Defaults Reflect 'Market Outcome,' Judge Told
An expert economist for Google downplayed the importance of the company's default search engine contracts Monday, telling a D.C. federal judge that choice screens are impractical and that Google's default status on iPhones, Androids and Firefox browsers still leaves plenty of room for Bing and DuckDuckGo to compete.
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November 08, 2023
Judge Told Google Android Helped Innovate Mobile Market
A former Google executive on Wednesday said in D.C. federal court that the Android operating system competes vigorously with Apple in the mobile device space and that Google's agreements with carriers and manufacturers are meant to help it keep pace.
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November 07, 2023
Google Exec Says It Needed To Catch Up On Travel Offerings
A Google executive told the D.C. federal court overseeing the government's search monopolization trial Tuesday that the company fell behind its competitors in the travel industry and had to work hard to catch up.
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November 06, 2023
DuckDuckGo Parity Unlikely To Sway Google Users, SVP Says
A Google senior vice president defended the company's privacy and security track record Monday in D.C. federal court as based on extensive consumer protection and choice, combating U.S. Department of Justice antitrust allegations that a lack of real competition short-circuited key features.
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November 03, 2023
Google Expert Says Amazon, Yelp Count As Real Competitors
An economist continued Friday in D.C. federal court to defend Google's claim that Yelp, Expedia and Amazon are direct competitors for search, despite intense questioning by a U.S. Department of Justice attorney intent on showing that if that competition were the real dynamic, it would be meaningless for Google to ink deals giving it default status on iPhones, Androids and browsers.