October 12, 2023
A digital marketing expert on Thursday told the D.C. federal judge overseeing the government's case accusing Google of monopolizing the search and search ad markets that changes Google made to the way ads are placed and reported have raised prices for advertisers.
October 11, 2023
An executive for Booking.com told a D.C. federal court Wednesday the travel site would not be able to stay in business without the traffic it gets from Google search ads, supporting the government's allegations that Google monopolizes the search and search ad markets.
October 10, 2023
A Google executive said Tuesday during the government's search monopolization trial that Apple has flexibility in its revenue sharing agreements for Google search, but still asks for more during negotiations.
October 06, 2023
Google's own documents demonstrate the company knows its power to increase search advertising prices without driving away advertisers, an MIT economics professor told a D.C. federal judge Friday in the trial on Justice Department claims that Google illegally monopolizes online search.
October 05, 2023
Ads on social media platforms are no substitute for ads generated in response to internet searches, an MIT economics professor told a D.C. federal judge Thursday in the trial over Justice Department claims that Google illegally monopolizes online search through contracts making it the default on phones and browsers.
October 03, 2023
The D.C. federal judge weighing the fate of Google's search business zeroed in Tuesday on why the company pays billions each year for default status on Apple's Safari browser and elsewhere, prompting an important Justice Department witness to reinforce government allegations about the sticking power of those defaults.
October 02, 2023
Microsoft's CEO testified Monday that making a search engine the default on a device is the only factor that really determines what a user will employ, backing U.S. Department of Justice allegations in D.C. federal court that Google's default status on Apple devices and all Androids gives it a powerful advantage over rivals like Microsoft's Bing.
September 29, 2023
A D.C. federal judge refused Friday to rein in the U.S. Department of Justice and state enforcers suing Google over its search dominance, rejecting company assertions that the government is improperly extending the clock and potentially putting the trial on a course that will spill over into the week of Thanksgiving.
September 28, 2023
A Microsoft executive testified Thursday in the Justice Department's D.C. federal court case against Google that Microsoft was so intent on wresting away Google's default search status, it offered distribution partners deals that would be net negative for Microsoft.
September 27, 2023
Microsoft has never really gotten anywhere in enticing Apple to switch away from Google as the default search engine on the Safari browser, an executive responsible for Bing told a D.C. federal judge Wednesday in the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust case against Google.