Google and US government battle over the future of internet advertisingGoogle faces a crucial federal court hearing today as a judge decides how to curb its alleged illegal monopoly in the digital ad market. Th...
21 Nov, 2025, 11.32 AM IST
Google faces antitrust deja vu as US seeks to break up its digital advertising businessGoogle is facing a new legal challenge over its dominance in digital advertising, following a previous monopoly ruling on its search busine...
22 Sep, 2025, 04.50 PM IST
US asks judge to break up Google's ad tech businessGoogle on Friday faced a demand by the US government to break up its hugely profitable ad technology business after a judge found the tech ...
02 May, 2025, 10.39 PM IST
OpenAI signals interest in buying Google’s Chrome if breakup is ordered: ChatGPT exec testifiesAt Google's US antitrust trial, OpenAI revealed interest in buying Chrome if forced to be sold. OpenAI testified Google blocked access to i...
23 Apr, 2025, 08.05 AM IST
Google contemplated exclusive Gemini AI deals with Android makersAt a US antitrust trial, it was revealed that Google considered exclusive deals with Android makers like Samsung for its Gemini AI app, Chr...
22 Apr, 2025, 08.03 PM IST
US judge finds Google's online adtech business to be an illegal monopolyU.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, ruled that Google unlawfully monopolized markets for publisher ad servers and ...
17 Apr, 2025, 08.54 PM IST
Google proposes fix to solve search monopolyIn Google's proposal to fix the search monopoly, it asked Mehta to allow it to continue to pay other companies for its search engine to get...
21 Dec, 2024, 10.15 AM IST
Closing arguments coming in US-Google antitrust trial on ad techThe trial in a Virginia federal court is Google's second ongoing US antitrust case as the US government tries to rein in the power of big t...
25 Nov, 2024, 09.08 AM IST
Going once, going twice: Google's millisecond ad auctions are the focus of monopoly claimThe Justice Department and several states allege that Google's dominance in online ad sales constitutes an illegal monopoly. A trial in Vir...
14 Sep, 2024, 12.50 PM IST
Ad-venturing into controversy: Is Google’s auction system a rigged game?Google's dominance in online ad sales is under scrutiny in a Virginia trial. The Justice Department alleges Google's control over ad tech c...
14 Sep, 2024, 10.45 AM IST
Epic Games wins in antitrust court fight over Google’s Play StoreThe jury in San Francisco found that Epic, maker of the hit game Fortnite, proved that Google had maintained a monopoly in the smartphone a...
12 Dec, 2023, 07.14 AM IST
Google's expert in US antitrust trial defends billions paid to device makersIn what is expected to be the last week of trial, Kevin Murphy, who teaches at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, argued A...
14 Nov, 2023, 07.45 AM IST
Alphabet, Tinder-owner Match settle Google Play antitrust claims before US trialIn a statement, Google said it was "pleased to reach a settlement agreement with Match Group." Google also recently settled related antitru...
01 Nov, 2023, 10.03 AM IST
Google created hurdles to protect smartphone foothold, claims mobile software companyThe testimony came during the third week of a more than two-month trial in which the US Justice Department is seeking to show that Alphabet...
28 Sep, 2023, 09.35 AM IST
The Google antitrust trial is really about the future of AIThe Google antitrust trial, which began last week, is ostensibly focused on the past - on a series of deals that Google made with other com...
18 Sep, 2023, 11.35 PM IST
Google pays $10 billion a year to maintain monopoly, says USThe Justice Department and 52 attorneys general from states and US territories allege Google illegally maintained its monopoly by paying bi...
13 Sep, 2023, 12.23 AM IST
Who's who in the Google monopoly trialA trial to determine if Google abused its monopoly in online search, which begins Tuesday, is set to lay bare how the internet search giant...
12 Sep, 2023, 08.57 AM IST