Google on Trial - The US vs Google
Google on Trial - The US vs Google
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This is The Google on Trial Podcast. ,Thank you for listening and make sure you subscribe to never miss a court room detail. The first day of the United States v. Google trial took place on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The trial is expected to last for 10 weeks.The Justice Department's case against Google alleges that the company has violated antitrust law by maintaining its monopoly power in the online search market. The government claims that Google has done this through a variety of anticompetitive practices, including:
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- Striking exclusive deals with Apple and other companies to make Google the default search engine on their devices.
- Paying billions of dollars to phone makers and other companies to pre-install its search app on their devices.
- Using its power in the search market to give its own products and services an unfair advantage over rivals.
- The Justice Department called two witnesses to testify: Michael Katz, an economist at the University of California, Berkeley, and Christopher Yoo, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Katz testified about the economics of antitrust law, while Yoo testified about the history of antitrust law in the tech industry.
- Google called one witness to testify: Richard Whitt, a former Google executive who is now a professor at the University of California, Davis. Whitt testified about Google's search engine and its competitive landscape.
- The judge in the case, Amit Mehta, issued a number of rulings on motions filed by the two sides. He ruled that the Justice Department could introduce evidence of Google's conduct in other markets, such as its advertising business. He also ruled that Google could introduce evidence of the benefits of its search engine.
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