In the case concerning the violation of the Sherman Act by Google’s search engine, the federal judge imposed significant remedies without resorting to a radical dismantling, allowing the company to avoid the worst while having to adapt its practices. Google is not totally out of the woods: sanctions in the trial concerning its advertising technologies will be examined from September 22. The axe has fallen, but without cutting too deeply. On September 2, Federal Judge Amit P. Mehta handed down his decision on remedies in the antitrust case brought by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) against Google for abusing its monopoly in online search. While imposing binding remedies, the court ruled out the radical hypothesis of dismantling Chrome or Android, long feared by the Mountain View group. Similarly, the possibility of Google having to terminate its agreement to showcase its search engine on Apple devices has been ruled out. Google thus avoids the worst, while having to adapt some of its practices in depth. The result: an upswing in Alphabet’s share price, which…
