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A California judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Google of monopolizing the online search market. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin, based in San Francisco, ruled on Thursday that consumers can continue pursuing claims that Google’s business practices stifled the development of high-quality rival search engines. Allegations Against Google and Apple The lawsuit, filed in…
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Google has proposed revising its agreements with Apple and other companies to loosen its grip as the default search engine on new devices. This move comes as the tech giant seeks to comply with a U.S. court ruling that found it unlawfully dominates the online search market. However, Google resisted the government’s more extreme push…
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The U.S. Department of Justice’s proposals to curb Google’s dominance in online search will proceed to trial as scheduled, without delays for revisions by Trump administration officials, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta announced on Tuesday. The DOJ has recommended that Alphabet’s Google sell its Chrome browser and potentially the Android mobile operating system to reduce…
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The Justice Department directly accused Alphabet’s Google of illegally dominating online advertising technology, seeking another antitrust victory against the tech giant. Closing arguments in the Alexandria, Virginia, trial concluded a 15-day September session where prosecutors argued that Google monopolized markets for publisher ad servers, advertiser ad networks, and ad exchanges. “Google rigged the rules of…
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Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with rivals, and take additional steps — potentially including selling Android — to end its monopoly on online search, prosecutors argued in court on Wednesday. The Department of Justice outlined these measures as part of a landmark case in Washington, aiming to…
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The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal in an antitrust lawsuit brought by 17 U.S. states against Google, allowing a lower court’s ruling to stand. The decision compels South Carolina’s parks, recreation, and tourism agency to release records that Google sought for its defense. The states accuse Google of maintaining an illegal…
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A federal judge in California has granted Google’s request to temporarily pause his order requiring the Alphabet unit to revamp its Android app store, Google Play, by November 1. This order aimed to provide consumers with more options for downloading software. San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge James Donato made this decision on Friday amid an…
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Google has requested a California federal judge to pause his sweeping court order that requires the company to open its app store, Play, to greater competition. In a court filing on Friday night, Google argued that U.S. District Judge James Donato’s injunction order, set to take effect on Nov. 1, would harm the company and…
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In the span of two days this week, Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google faced a court order to open its app store, Play, to rivals and learned that the U.S. Justice Department may soon request a judge to break up the company to limit its control over online searches. U.S. Antitrust Cases Against Google Android AppsU.S. District…
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Alphabet’s Google sought to dominate all aspects of online advertising technology by controlling both competitors and customers, according to a Justice Department prosecutor as the tech giant’s latest antitrust trial began in Alexandria, Virginia, on Monday. Prosecutors argue that Google has maintained control over the infrastructure that finances the flow of news and information across…
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