Unrivaled coverage of Google antitrust cases from MLex

Reporting live from the District of Columbia federal court, MLex correspondents Khushita Vasant and Chris May have brought MLex subscribers unparalleled coverage of proceedings brought by the US Department of Justice and a multi-state coalition accusing Google of illegally maintaining monopolies in the search engine market.

Meanwhile, on the West coast, specialist reporters Xu Yuan and Jenn Brice have offered MLex readers blow-by-blow reporting on another antitrust suit against Google, with Epic Games alleging in federal court in San Francisco that the tech giant has eliminated competition in the distribution of Android apps via its own monopolized “app store” — the Google Play Store.

Keep scrolling for a taste of MLex coverage from these blockbuster trials, or start your free trial today for full access to forensic reporting on the key happenings in tech in real time.

The week in Washington ...

Hearsay in Google US search monopoly trial approaching point of ‘mutually assured destruction,' defense says

15 November: Standing hearsay objections from Google and the US Department of Justice covering a broad swath of evidence introduced during a landmark search monopolization trial remain a major unresolved issue, the federal judge overseeing the proceedings said today.

Apple wanted option, not obligation, to preset Google as default engine, say documents shown at US trial

14 November: Apple didn't want the obligation to pre-set Google Search as the default engine on its devices as part of a revenue-sharing agreement it was negotiating with Google in 2009, according to e-mail correspondence introduced by the US Department of Justice in a landmark monopoly suit.

AT&T courted Google over default search engine deal even as revenue-share dollars dropped

10 November: AT&T continued to pursue revenue-sharing agreements with Google to place Google Search as the default engine on its fleet of Android phones even as the wireless carrier saw the dollar amounts slide over time, according to deposition testimony played today at a major US monopolization trial.

Google feared Amazon app business' capacity to 'sustain losses indefinitely', according to document from US search monopoly trial

9 November: Amazon’s ability to “sustain losses indefinitely” as it developed its own suite of apps worried Google executives even though the ecommerce giant had a “very limited” catalog of apps and games compared to the Android Play Store, according to an internal Google document disclosed today.

Google cash meant T-Mobile had 'no control' over user search experience, executive says during US monopolization trial

9 November: Google’s search advertising revenue-sharing deal with T-Mobile provided the wireless carrier with a healthy stream of cash in exchange for ceding control of user search experiences to the tech giant, according to deposition testimony introduced during the home stretch of a bellwether US monopolization trial.

Google's 'highest priority' was to re-secure search exclusivity in Verizon revenue sharing deal, evidence at US monopoly trial shows

8 November: A Google executive’s “highest priority” while renegotiating a revenue sharing agreement with Verizon was to re-secure exclusivity for the tech giant’s search products on Android phones the US carrier sold, evidence unveiled at the  US government’s search monopoly trial showed.

Google's 'privacy obsessed' marketing head recommended 'truly private' search experience for users, evidence at US monopoly trial shows

7 November: A self-described “privacy obsessed” Google executive pushed the company’s leadership team to make the product “truly private” by addressing concerns over tracking user information and letting users opt-out of targeted personalized ads, but the recommendations weren’t fully implemented, evidence unveiled at an historic search monopolization trial today showed.