USDOJ Sniffing Google Antitrust Suit, Hires Ex-Disney Lawyer

Van Cutter Romney was one of several to write with the story that "The Justice department has secretly hired former Walt Disney lawyer Sanford Litvack for a possible antitrust suit against Google. As reported earlier, the Justice Department is investigating the deal between Google and Yahoo which accounts for 80% of online search advertising. The Wall Street Journal writes today that Justice Department lawyers have been deposing witnesses and issuing document subpoenas for weeks — but that doesn't necessarily mean a case will be brought."

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Re:I thought Google is competing with Microsoft

[Quasar1999]

Is it just me, or does everything in the US start with secret allegations that are insane, completely disproven before they're even made public, and yet still acted upon fiercly only to suffer humilation in the end?

Be it military, with imminent threats of destruction from a nation that has no way to harm anyone but themselves, yet turning a blind eye to nations that could (Iraq vs. North Korea for example?)... or be it corporate, where anti-trust is thrown around at google, yet there isn't anything substantial while other companies like microsoft are clearly doing it and are ignored.

It's an upsetting pattern to watch unfold.

Re:I thought Google is competing with Microsoft

[Fishbulb]

My first reaction was that this has Microsoft written all over it (being that Yahoo refused to sell itself to them).

Microsoft learned a lesson about the DOJ when it went toe-to-toe with it: it's a tool to be used like any other.