A Google executive boasted to co-workers the goal for the company’s budding online advertising business in 2009 was to “crush” rivals in the digital ad market, according to evidence presented Wednesday at the blockbuster federal antitrust trial targeting against the tech titan. The Justice Department highlighted remarks made by David Rosenblatt, Google’s former president of … Read more
The Kamala Harris campaign’s cozy ties with Big Tech have sparked worries that Google will be allowed to wiggle out of a proposed breakup of its search empire if she is elected president, The Post has learned. Harris is close to Paul Weiss – the white-shoe law firm leading Google’s defense in another major antitrust case targeting … Read more
The Justice Department is reportedly considering a push for a historic breakup of Google’s business empire after a federal judge ruled the Big Tech giant has an illegal monopoly over online search. DOJ attorneys could ask Judge Amit Mehta to order Google to sell portions of its business – with potential candidates for divestment including … Read more
Elon Musk’s X has filed a bombshell antitrust lawsuit against a left-leaning advertising cartel and several member companies on Tuesday for allegedly targeting the site with an illegal ad boycott. In an open letter addressed to advertisers, X CEO Linda Yaccarino said the lawsuit will target the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, its parent firm … Read more
The judge who presided over the class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers against the NFL said the jury did not follow his instructions in determining damages. US District Judge Philip Gutierrez made the remark as he heard the NFL’s post-trial motion asking that Gutierrez rule for the league if he finds the plaintiffs did … Read more
Former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick J.D. Vance has openly praised the work of Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, a sign that the agency’s broad approach to antitrust enforcement could enjoy some level of support from a second Trump administration. Vance, a Republican senator from Ohio, joined the presidential ticket on Monday at the Republican National … Read more
A US judge on Tuesday rejected a $30 billion antitrust settlement in which Visa and Mastercard agreed to limit fees they charge merchants who accept their credit and debit cards. US District Judge Margo Brodie in Brooklyn concluded that she was not likely to grant final approval to the settlement, and therefore denied the plaintiffs’ request for … Read more
Google has taken the bizarre step of paying the US government’s proposed damages in full as it seeks to avoid a risky jury trial in the Justice Department’s case targeting its alleged monopoly over the digital advertising market. In a little-noticed court filing last week, Google revealed it cut a cashier’s check for a redacted … Read more
A federal judge blasted Google for its “negligent” policy that resulted in the deletion of employee chat records as closing arguments wrapped up Friday in a landmark antitrust case that could result in unprecedented changes to the tech giant’s core business. Justice Department attorneys asked Judge Amit Mehta to sanction Google for failing to preserve … Read more
JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines said Friday they will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that blocked the air carriers’ planned tie-up because the proposed merger would violate US antitrust law. The appeal came after US District Judge William Young in Boston on Tuesday sided with the Department of Justice in holding that JetBlue’s planned $3.8 billion acquisition of ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit was anti-competitive … Read more
