CCIA Statement Ahead of Closing Arguments in DOJ, Google Search Remedies Case

CCIA Statement Ahead of Closing Arguments in DOJ, Google Search Remedies Case

Washington – The Department of Justice and Google return to court Friday for closing arguments in the remedies portion of the online search antitrust case. Last year, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta found Google’s profit-sharing agreements with other companies were anticompetitive. In response, the DOJ has pushed for aggressive remedies, including seeking a break-up or divestment of unrelated Google services. In doing so, the proposed remedies go…

Google Antitrust Remedies Could Harm the US Economy and Consumers

Google and the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) will make their closing arguments tomorrow in the Google Search remedies trial. Judicial adoption of the DOJ’s recommendations to “break up” Google, stemming from this and another DOJ lawsuit, could seriously undermine American innovation and competitiveness and harm, not help, American consumers. Background The DOJ sued Google in October 2020 for maintaining an illegal monopoly in internet-search and…