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Google is likely to argue Thursday that the US Justice Department's claims that it violated antitrust law to establish and maintain its search domain are wrong and that its lawsuit should be dismissed, according to court documents. The government, which sued at the end of the Trump administration, will likely defend its claim that Alphabet's Google is acting illegally, paying billions of dollars each year to smartphone makers like Apple, LG, Motorola and Samsung. , carriers like Verizon and browsers like Mozilla. are the default search for your customers. Google argued in court that the payments were legal revenue-sharing agreements, not illegal efforts to exclude rivals.
The case is being heard by Judge Amit Mehta of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The case is due to go to trial in September.
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Google's motion is the latest attempt by the internet company to shake off several costly and time-consuming federal and state government lawsuits to limit its market power.
The Justice Department sued Google in 2020, accusing the billion-dollar company of illegally using its market strength to stymie rivals in Big Tech's biggest power and influence challenge since it sued Microsoft Corp for anticompetitive practices in 1998. A deal left the company intact. although the movement to control Microsoft gave way to Google, which was founded in 1998, and others prospered.
Since that lawsuit was filed, Google has been plagued by other antitrust complaints. The Justice Department filed a second lawsuit in January accusing the company of abusing its dominant position in the digital advertising industry.
A group of States led by Texas to also pursue advertising technology in 2020 while the States led by Utah tried an action in justice in 2021, claiming that the company would face the antitrust law in the management of their magazine games.
