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Is it Google "magic" or just user data?
Does user data make a better search engine? Google and the Department of Justice are in stark disagreement over an issue that could shape the outcome.
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Lee Hepner
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Google shares 36% of its revenue with Apple
Welcome to Big Tech on Trial. This free newsletter is brought to you by the BIG newsletter with daily coverage on the Google antitrust trial reported by…
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Lee Hepner
16
Is Google’s Reckoning Finally Here?
The first big antitrust trial of this century is nearing its end. Looking back on the evidence we've seen — and ahead to Judge Mehta's huge task.
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Yosef Weitzman
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Matt Stoller
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The end may be in sight
Day 35-36: Google continued to present its defense in what might be the trial's penultimate week
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Yosef Weitzman
3
The Battle of Experts
Day 33-34: The past engagements of Google's economic expert Mark Israel have come into focus on both direct and cross-examination
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Yosef Weitzman
12
The unsettled legal question looming over the trial
Day 32: Google's defense has pointed to competitive benefits in the browser and smart phone markets — but it's unclear how much these benefits matter.
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Yosef Weitzman
5
October 2023
DOJ puts Sundar Pichai in the crosshairs
Day 29-30: Despite resting its case more than a week ago, DOJ continues to offer new evidence through aggressive cross-examinations.
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Yosef Weitzman
11
The government's last word (for now)
Day 27-28: The States examined economics expert Jonathan Baker before Google re-started its defense with Google executive Prabhakar Raghavan
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Yosef Weitzman
4
Have we heard all this before?
Day 25-26: Testimony on familiar issues continues to dominate as the States wrap up their case
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Yosef Weitzman
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What we can learn from one of Judge Mehta's past antitrust decisions
On Day 24, Google began its defense with an out-of-order witness: Google VP of Search Pandu Nayak
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Yosef Weitzman
3
The DOJ rests its case
Day 22-23: After presenting multiple days of testimony from MIT economist Michael Whinston, the DOJ said it had no more witnesses left to call.
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Yosef Weitzman
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How will the States make their case?
As Week 5 of the trial comes to a close, the focus is shifting to the States' separate claim about Google's proprietary search engine marketing tool…
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Yosef Weitzman
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