Press Releases
Google Search Trial is Adjourned, But We Shouldn’t Expect a Ruling Until Summer 2024
November 17, 2023 — Economic Liberties provides some closing thoughts as the Google Search trial holds its last witness before closing arguments next spring.
Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai Testifies in US vs Google on Monday. Here’s What to Expect.
October 30, 2023 — Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai, among the most high-profile witnesses in the landmark ten-week trial taking on Google’s $1.7 trillion search monopoly, is expected to testify in person in court on Monday. Here’s what we know and what we might expect from his testimony.
Tech’s Biggest Secret Is Finally Public: Google Pays $26B Every Year to Maintain Search Monopoly
October 27, 2023 — Following new reporting that Google spent a total of $26.3 billion to maintain its status as default search engine in 2021 — revealed today during the US v. Google trial, the most important antitrust trial of the century — the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement. The number far exceeds earlier estimates and represents a 270% increase in Google’s traffic acquisition costs in under a decade.
It’s Time for the Federal Judiciary to Enter the 21st Century and Create a Transparent Federal Court System
October 19, 2023 — In response to news that Judge Amit Mehta has denied a motion filed by the New York Times and other prominent media outlets’ for increased access to the U.S. v. Google trial — the most important antitrust trial of the century — the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
DOJ Concludes a Compelling Case in the Landmark US v. Google Antitrust Trial with Final Witness
October 18, 2023 — Halfway into a landmark ten-week trial taking on Google’s $1.7 trillion search monopoly, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division called its last witness, closing weeks of rigorous testimony from leading economists and executives from Google, Apple, Microsoft, Samsung and others. “If the government’s one job was to prove that Google’s defaults blocked competition and illegally maintained its monopoly, we’ve heard a very compelling case,” said Lee Hepner, Legal Counsel at the American Economic Liberties Project. “Google has benefited from access to immense amounts of search data, and it has exploited its power to hike prices for advertisers and create barriers to new rivals. As we prepare for the next phase of the trial, it bears understanding that Google doesn’t need to disprove any of that and may instead seek to rationalize those harms.”
Google’s Secretive Search Deal With TikTok Is Yet Another Example of Its Search Monopoly
September 22, 2023 — On September 21, Insider revealed a search partnership between TikTok and Google for Google to become a search option within the TikTok app. This is a significant development given Google is in a federal courtroom defending itself in a trial initiated by the Department of Justice which argues that the $1.7 trillion company illegally locks out its competitors in the search engine market. In response, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
USvGoogle.org Launches Google Dirty Tricks Tracker – Historic Antitrust Trial Tomorrow
September 11, 2023 — As the Department of Justice takes Google to court in the most important antitrust trial of the century on September 12, USvGoogle.org has launched the Google Dirty Tricks Tracker to expose all the ways Google, probably the most powerful corporation in the world, is using its unlimited resources in trial to maintain its near total control of the internet.
Judge Mehta Allows Google to Shroud Upcoming Antitrust Trial in Secrecy
September 8, 2023 — This morning, Judge Mehta denied the motion filed by Economic Liberties, Demand Progress, Open Markets Institute, and the Revolving Door Project asking the Court to provide a publicly available audio feed of the unsealed portions of the upcoming Google Search antitrust trial.
Pretrial Coalition Press Conference
Ahead of the trial, we held a press conference to correct the record on Google’s false narratives and make the case that Google’s default agreements are an abuse of monopoly power.
The Public Needs Transparency in US v. Google
Washington, D.C. — Economic Liberties, Demand Progress, Open Markets Institute, and Revolving Door Project, filed a motion with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in the case of U.S. v. Google, LLC, urging the Court to permit a publicly available audio feed of the unsealed portions of the upcoming antitrust trial on Google search.
Press Releases
Pretrial Coalition Press Conference
Ahead of the trial, we held a press conference to correct the record on Google’s false narratives and make the case that Google’s default agreements are an abuse of monopoly power.
Pretrial Coalition Press Conference
Ahead of the trial, we held a press conference to correct the record on Google’s false narratives and make the case that Google’s default agreements are an abuse of monopoly power.
The Public Needs Transparency in US v. Google
Washington, D.C. — Economic Liberties, Demand Progress, Open Markets Institute, and Revolving Door Project, filed a motion with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in the case of U.S. v. Google, LLC, urging the Court to permit a publicly available audio feed of the unsealed portions of the upcoming antitrust trial on Google search.