The age-old saying “the devil is in the details” may not have been devised with the drafting of an antitrust remedies judgment in mind, but it sure does fit

 Judge Mehta, here. 

The Court fails to provide remedies to prevent Google from repeating its same illegal monopolization of artificial intelligence-related markets

 AELP, here. 

Waiting for Judge Mehta's remedies...

Lina Khan recently reminded us that antitrust is “pro-growth” because it clears away private choke points. Europe has written that logic into law through the DMA; the US still waits on individual judges to prise open markets. Mehta’s decision (from here, at some point) will tell us whether American enforcement can rise to the challenge—or whether the choke points will remain firmly in place, and further expand into the gatekeepers AI age. 

What happened?

 

Google’s AI Mode rolls out to US, will add support for deeper research, comparison shopping, and more

 

TechCrunch, here. 

Consequences in terms of antitrust remedies (and the DMA)?

Amici to US v.Google (Search) - remedies

 

Amici - Spotting Judah 

Amici briefs, a selection:

AELP, here
Anthropic, here.
Apple, here.
Brave, here.

FTC, here.

NEWS/MEDIA ALLIANCE, here.
Y Combinator, here.

"Scholars", here.

U.S. presses for Google to share data by citing Yahoo Japan deal

 JapanTimes, here.

Apple Working to Move to AI Search in Browser Amid Google Fallout

 CNBC, here.

The art of building moats in the AI age?

 

MLex, here. 

[Certified critical of the EU Google remedies since at least 2018]

DOJ Google Antitrust Case Wraps With Generative AI in Spotlight

 MSN, here.

Google could leverage Gemini to dodge ban on default search, US DOJ expert says

 Mlex, here.

Google Search Remedies Trial: Own Collection (of links)

 Gregory Durrett here.

David Evans here.

James Mickens here..

Antonio Rangel here.

Perplexity here.

Tasneem Chipty here. 

More to come here. 

And a witness tracker here.

Courtlistener here. 

DOJ v. Google: REVISED PROPOSED FINAL JUDGMENT

Here.

U.S. and Plaintiff States v. Google LLC [2020] - Never Stop Giving Trial Exhibits

 Here. 

US v Google Trial Transcripts

 Capitol, here. 

"Trial of the Century": USA vs Google

 BIICL, Video here. 

DOJ v. Google Witness Tracker

 Here. 

What’s Next for the Antitrust Case Against Google?

 AdWeek, here. 

DOJ V. GOOGLE – WIRD GOOGLE ZERSCHLAGEN?

J. Persch, hier.  

A deeply flawed lawsuit that would do nothing to help consumers

 Google, here.