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The Justice Department hammered away at Google in a trial that started on September 12, arguing the search engine giant is a monopolist and illegally abused its power to favour its bottom line. — Reuters file picWASHINGTON, May 3 ― US District Judge Amit Mehta peppered the Justice Department and Alphabet's Google with questions during the first day of closing arguments in the government's antitrust lawsuit against the online search leader.
Google lawyer John Schmidtlein rejected contentions the company had engaged in anticompetitive conduct. Witnesses from Verizon, Android maker Samsung Electronics and Google itself testified about the company's annual payments ― US$26.3 billion in 2021 ― to ensure that its search is the default on smartphones and browsers, and to keep its dominant market share.