DOJ, Google Begin Closing Arguments in Antitrust Search Engine Case | National Law Journal

















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“Google is not under the law obligated to say, ‘We will step back and let you win the deal,’” said John Schmidtlein, the company’s attorney. “Google is winning because it is better.”

May 02, 2024 at 07:46 PM

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A U.S. Department of Justice attorney began closing the government’s months-old antitrust case against Google Thursday by telling the presiding judge that the internet giant has maintained an illegal search engine monopoly by making exclusive deals with providers and making it difficult for users to switch defaults on their devices.

Google’s counsel countered that the company’s dominance of the search engine market results not from illicit action but by having a superior product.

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