Google argued that the DOJ’s allegations that it broke antitrust law to build and maintain its dominance of search are flawed and that its lawsuit should be thrown out. The government argues that Google acts illegally in paying billions of dollars each year to smartphone makers, carriers and browsers to be the default search for their customers. Read more about the hearing.
Since this lawsuit was filed, Google has been hit with other antitrust complaints including a second lawsuit from the DOJ accusing the company of abusing its dominance of the digital advertising business.
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Two years after a federal appellate court revived thousands of lawsuits by joint implant surgery patients who blame a 3M Co warming device for their post-surgery infections, plaintiffs lawyers are trying to oust the judge who has overseen the consolidated multidistrict litigation since 2015. They’ve got an unusual rationale: The judge, they contend, “surreptitiously” hired a retired products liability defense lawyer as a clerk, then adopted his legal theories to exclude plaintiffs’ expert witnesses. The judge covered up the role of this “man behind the curtain,” plaintiffs said, because she knew his hiring would reveal her bias. The judge declined Alison Frankel’s request for comment, but 3M doesn’t think much of plaintiffs’ theory — or their underlying claims.
Check out other recent pieces from all our columnists: Alison Frankel, Jenna Greene and Hassan Kanu
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