2023-08-05
Huge win for @Google over DOJ. Not a surprise given the political roots of the case: Bill Barr moved ahead w/ this lawsuit over the objections of antitrust career staff in the waning days of the Trump Admin. Via @dmccabe & @nicoagrant 1/2 https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bloomberg
Google will face a scaled-down antitrust lawsuit over search after a judge ruled that state AGs didn't show that Google's search results harmed rivals like Yelp
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg :
Of note, in the updated article: 'Judge Mehta allowed the core of [DOJ's] case to stand. But he dismissed three of the agency's claims regarding management of the Android operating system, its relationships to phone makers that use Android and its Google Assistant service.'
Bloomberg
Google will face a scaled-down antitrust lawsuit over search after a judge ruled that state AGs didn't show that Google's search results harmed rivals like Yelp
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg :