Corbin Barthold Counsel at TechFreedom on Claims that Google Has a Monopoly
September 3, 2025
Corbin Barthold is Internet Policy Counsel at TechFreedom. We'll discuss yesterday's ruling by a federal judge regarding the US government's claim that Google is a monopolist and the government's desire to force Google to sell Chrome and do a bunch of other things. We'll get into the details but one indication of the result is that Google stock jumped about 7% -- well over $150 billion -- in after-market trading on the news.
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Colorado's Attorney General Phil Weiser was a leader of the lawsuit and tries to put a happy face on what was mostly a loss for the plaintiffs (the US gov't and various state AGs): Attorney General Phil Weiser statement on Google search remedies court opinion - Colorado Attorney General | Colorado Attorney General