Google Faces Off With Government as Search Trial Closes

The US Department of Justice reiterated its argument that Google has broken antitrust laws through exclusive, multi-billion-dollar deals to maintain a dominant position in the market for online search and related advertising.

In closing arguments for a landmark competition case, the government presented evidence that Google has paid Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and others billions over decades for prime placement on smartphones and web browsers. This default position has allowed Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., to build up the most-used search engine in the world, and fueled more than $300 billion in annual revenue largely generated ...