Embarrassing Ruling Allows Google To Keep Monopoly

Which comes first, the Google search monopoly or the data?

Anyone who’s used the internet at some point over the last 25 years won’t exactly struggle to understand that Google has a pervasive, and it turns out illegal, monopoly over online search.

Embarrassing Ruling Allows Google To Keep Monopoly

Judge Amit Mehta found Google guilty of illegally monopolizing search, and then allowed the company to keep doing it.

Mehta’s “cautious” opinion likely to survive appeal, experts say

The Department of Justice and Google have both voiced dissatisfaction with Judge Amit Mehta’s remedies decision in the search monopoly case, but competition experts told GCR the pivotal ruling is likely to withstand legal challenges and could strengthen future enforcement efforts.

AI saved Google’s search monopoly, this analyst says

Roth Capital Markets analyst Rohit Kulkarni maintained a “Buy” rating and US$210.00 target price on Alphabet (Alphabet Stock Quote, Chart, News, Analysts, Financials NYSE:GOOGL) in a Sept. 3 report, reiterating the stock as his “top 2H25 Mega Cap pick.” Alphabet shares climbed as much as 8% after U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta’s Sept. 2 ruling […] Source