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Google’s Antitrust Trial Gets Underway In Washington

Google and the Justice Department square off Tuesday in opening arguments for the biggest antitrust trial in more than two decades, kicking off a case with major implications for the search giant and the future of antitrust law, The Wall Street Journal reported. The nonjury trial, scheduled to go through mid-November, will be decided by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta,

Apple Fires First Salvo Back at the DOJ Ebook Antitrust Suit

This week Apple responded to the DOJ e-book antitrust charge by throwing down the gauntlet. Basically they ripped apart each and every one of the DOJ charges against Apple.  Their first shot was directed against the DOJ contention that before Apple entered the e-book market it was a market with a “robust price competition”. Apple was quick to point out in