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DOJ, let Google keep Chrome

DOJ, let Google keep Chrome

The Consumer Choice Center is out with a press release questioning the government’s request that Google sell Chrome as a result of its monopoly in search. This as the remedies phase of US v. Google begins. Yael Ossowski, Deputy Director of the Consumer Choice Center, said: There has never

Google loses antitrust challenge to ad business, vows to appeal

Google loses antitrust challenge to ad business, vows to appeal

A federal judge ruled Google illegally monopolized key portions of the online advertising market, delivering a win for the Justice Department and opening the door to structural remedies. US District Judge Leonie Brinkema found Google "willfully engaged in a series of anticompetitive acts" to dominate publisher ad servers

Antitrust lawsuit against RealPage and landlords alleges rent price collusion

Antitrust lawsuit against RealPage and landlords alleges rent price collusion

In an amended complaint, DOJ and nine states allege that RealPage, Inc., and some of the nation’s largest property management firms colluded to inflate apartment rents through RealPage's revenue management software, such as YieldStar and AI Revenue Management (AIRM). This software allegedly uses nonpublic, competitively sensitive data

DOJ proposes breakup of Google to address search monopoly

DOJ proposes breakup of Google to address search monopoly

DOJ has proposed forcing Google to sell its Chrome browser and potentially its Android operating system, which Samsung Galaxy and other phones run, to address its illegal search monopoly. The remedies follow Judge Amit Mehta's August ruling that Google’s dominance in online search violates antitrust laws. The