The Competitive Expectations Behind the Google Antitrust Trial
Google is currently being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. Not since they went after Microsoft in 1994 has there been such a major antitrust trial with such widespread implications - and never before has U.S. antitrust law been so tested.
While it is not illegal to have a monopoly, it is illegal to stifle competition in order to keep one.
Google must now prove that it is the quality of their search product - not their statistically dominant position - that earns them widespread use, while the Federal government must demonstrate that…
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