Silicon Valley antitrust lawyer Gary Reback made his case against the Google Books settlement Tuesday, arguing that the settlement is illegal but could be remedied if the Justice Department insists that Google license the books it scanned to competitors.
Whether the Google books settlement passes muster with the U.S. District Court and the Justice Department, Google’s book search is clearly on track to becoming the world’s largest digital library.
Silicon Valley was abuzz Wednesday with news that the Justice Department had begun an antitrust investigation into the hiring practices of some of the best-known companies in the technology and biotech industries, including Google, Apple, Yahoo and Genentech.
Just what, exactly, are all those Hollywood types getting in return for their investment in Barack Obama’s presidential bid?
Many lessons have been drawn from the U.S. government’s antitrust assault on Microsoft in the late 1990s. Intel’s new scrape with the European Union is likely to spark memories of one of the simplest: don’t put it in writing.
A plan to combine Sprint’s Xohm network with Clearwire’s WiMax network was approved today by the FCC. The Justice Department will allow the deal to proceed, though it will continue to monitor the situation. A sigh of relief was heard from within both legacy companies and from investors in the newly combined company–which include Google, Intel, and a group of cable companies.
The planned advertising partnership between Google and Yahoo, which was devised during Microsoft’s unsolicited bid for Yahoo, is headed for a federal antitrust challenge. And that could mean, according to one analyst, that Google could wind up walking away from the deal.
Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall reports that he’s been “Banned at the DoJ”–taken off the email distribution list for press releases and the like. This has to be one of the more lame governmental PR decisions of the recent past.
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