Judge Rules Google Can Retain Chrome but Must End Exclusive Search Deals and Share Data

Judge orders limits on Google search monopoly

KEY TAKEAWAYS: Judge rules Google held illegal search monopoly Google barred from exclusive contracts on key services Competitors granted access to some Google search data DOJ sought breakup but Chrome divestiture rejected A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a shake-up of Google’s search engine in an attempt to curb the corrosive power of an illegal monopoly while rebuffing the U.S. government’s attempt to break up the company and impose ot…

One word in the Google antitrust ruling was worth $20B a year to Apple

For more than a year now, there have been debates about whether Google’s payment to Apple to be the default search engine in Safari would be outlawed. While it had seemed likely this would be the case, what we got was a compromise ruling. It turned out that the difference between Apple earning $20 billion a year and $0 hinged on a single word … more…

USA: Court misses chance to rein in Google’s power

Responding to a ruling by a US court that does not require Google to break up its search business as part of efforts to address its online search monopoly, Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, said:  “Google is one of five big technology companies that have a collective hold over the online world, and this concentration of power has come at serious cost to our human rights. This ruling was a missed chance to rein in Googl…

A Judge Lets Google Get Away With Monopoly

Judge Amit Mehta had a chance to restore some semblance of the rule of law when he handed down a remedy decision in the Google case. He didn't. Google won this round. And Wall Street is rejoicing.