What’s at Stake in Google Trial on Antitrust Charges: QuickTake

In its biggest antitrust challenge yet, Alphabet Inc.’s Google is being sued by the US Justice Department and state attorneys general in a case that could result in the breakup of the 25-year-old company. A monopolization trial bundling the two suits that began Sept. 12 is the first pitting the federal government against a US technology company in more than two decades. The case focuses on agreements between the tech giant and other companies to make Google’s search engine the preselected option, or default, in browsers and mobile devices. It’s one of several antitrust actions against big tech companies ...