Google CEO Praises Trump After Antitrust Dispute Resolved

Google CEO Praises Trump After Antitrust Dispute Resolved

At a White House dinner with tech executives, President Donald Trump congratulated Google CEO Sundar Pichai and co-founder Sergey Brin on Alphabet’s recent win in a landmark antitrust case. “Well, you had a very good day yesterday,” Trump told Pichai. “Google had a very good day yesterday. Do you want to talk about that big day you had yesterday?” Alphabet’s Big Market Day Earlier this week, Alphabet added $230 billion to its market capitalizati…

The Google Remedies Decision and Big Tech Antitrust

U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta’s Sept. 2 remedies opinion in the U.S. v. Google monopolization (Google Search) case is, in large part, a rejection of government regulation of digital platforms in the guise of antitrust. The limited and cabined conduct-related remedies it imposes are far less significant than its rejection of the U.S. Justice Department’s (DOJ) proposed conduct and structural remedies, which included the divestiture of Chro…