Competition enforcers wrote in the court papers: “For more than a decade, Google has controlled the most popular distribution channels, leaving rivals with little to no incentive to compete for users. Prosecutors also seem to centre on Google’s default search agreements in the papers and said any remedy proposals would seek to limit or ban these deals. Lee-Anne Mulholland, Google’s vice president of regulatory affairs, said in response to the filing that the Department of Justice was “already signalling requests that go far beyond the specific legal issues” in this case. He has outlined a timeline for a trial on the proposed remedies next spring and plans to issue a decision by August 2025. Google has already said it plans to appeal Judge Mehta’s ruling, but the tech giant must wait until he finalises a remedy before doing so.

Source: The Herald October 09, 2024 07:08 UTC