Google Search VP Defends Practices As Antitrust Trial Progresses via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google VP of Search, Pandu Nayak takes the stand to defend search practices during antitrust trial. The post Google Search VP Defends Practices As Antitrust Trial Progresses appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

In Antitrust Trial, Google Argues That Smart Employees Explain Its Success While the Justice Department says Google has squeezed partners and made expensive deals to maintain its search dominance, the company has a more genteel story to tell.

The Google antitrust trial has been frustratingly locked down — the NYT just filed a motion to open it up Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeYou would barely know Google is in the middle of one of the most consequential antitrust trials in decades right now. Although some important witnesses have testified in open court and documents have been posted online after a delay, access to the trial is still uncertain and sporadic because Judge Amit Meh…

Amazon sellers sound off on the FTC’s ‘long-overdue’ antitrust case Amazon’s massive third-party seller base anxiously anticipated the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust complaint, which was years in the making.

Apple’s Talks With Bing & DuckDuckGo Revealed in Google Antitrust Case via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Apple contemplated acquiring Bing and partnering with DuckDuckGo, newly unsealed testimonies from the ongoing Google antitrust case reveal. The post Apple’s Talks With Bing & DuckDuckGo Revealed in Google Antitrust Case appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Disney Must Face Pared Down Antitrust Suit On Live Streaming Pay TV submitted by /u/Key_Damage_9220

Apple will have to face an antitrust lawsuit alleging iOS Apple Pay dominance Illustration: The VergeCalifornia Northern District Judge Jeffrey White partially denied (PDF) Apple’s request to dismiss a proposed federal class action lawsuit over Apple Pay, reports Reuters. Three credit unions argued Apple violated the Sherman Anti-Trust Act by charging too much in processing fees and being too exclusionary by not letting o…

The Google antitrust trial is opening back up… a little Illustration by Cath Virginia / The VergeThe Justice Department can post exhibits from the US v. Google antitrust trial online once they’ve been shown in court, Judge Amit Mehta ruled late yesterday. Bloomberg reports that after a week of discussion between Google and the Justice Department, the department agreed to notify Google of documents it…

FTC and 17 states sue Amazon on antitrust charges The lawsuit is a major milestone for FTC Chair Lina Khan, who rose to prominence for her 2017 Yale Law Journal note, “Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox.”

FTC files a massive antitrust lawsuit against Amazon Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeThe Federal Trade Commission and more than a dozen state attorneys general have filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, alleging that the e-commerce giant has unlawfully leveraged its market dominance to stamp out would-be competitors. “Our complaint lays out how Amazon has used a set of punitive…

Apple’s Eddy Cue will take the stand Tuesday in the Google antitrust case Eddy Cue, left, with Apple CEO Tim Cook. | Photo by Kevin Dietsch / Getty ImagesApple senior vice president of services Eddy Cue is set to testify at the US v. Google antitrust trial on Tuesday, as the trial enters its third week. Cue’s presence, which Apple fought to avoid, underscores Apple’s importance to the Justice Department’s case against…

Justice Department and Google spar over public access to antitrust trial files Illustration by Cath Virginia / The VergeThe Justice Department has removed access to publicly posted trial documents in US v. Google amid a dispute over how files should be made available online, according to reporter Leah Nylen of Bloomberg. Nylen, reporting from the courtroom, said that Judge Amit Mehta will make a decision in the morning on …

Google Antitrust Trial Week 1: Feds Paint Picture Of Search Bully via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google confronted over search deals in first week of landmark antitrust trial. The post Google Antitrust Trial Week 1: Feds Paint Picture Of Search Bully appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

UK antitrust regulator lays out seven AI principles Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeThe UK’s Competition and Markets Authority set out specific principles to help guide AI regulations and companies that develop the technology. The CMA, which acts as the primary antitrust regulator for the UK, focused its attention on foundation models: AI systems like OpenAI’s GPT-4, Meta’s Llama 2, and o…

In the Google antitrust trial, defaults are everything and nobody likes Bing Illustration by Cath Virginia / The VergeThe first week of US v. Google begins with arguments over the power of deals and data. Continue reading…

US v. Google: all the news from the search antitrust showdown One of the biggest tech antitrust trials since the US took on Microsoft is underway. Continue reading…

The antitrust trial against Google Search starts today — here’s what to expect Illustration: The VergeGoogle is facing a threat to its core business as it turns 25. This is how it starts. Continue reading…

Microsoft, Google and Antitrust: Similar Legal Theories in a Different Era The government’s antitrust case against Google borrows heavily from the landmark lawsuit against Microsoft 25 years ago. But it lacks the same cultural impact.

Who’s Who in the Google Antitrust Trial The federal government’s first monopoly trial this century will feature top tech executives, experienced litigators and an Obama-appointed judge.

How Google plans to win its antitrust trial Illustration: The VergeThis is Platformer, a newsletter on the intersection of Silicon Valley and democracy from Casey Newton and Zoë Schiffer. Sign up here. Today, let’s talk about the US government’s first major antitrust trial against a tech giant in a generation. If the Justice Department succeeds in its case against Google, it could lead t…