Google’s Search Business Targeted in U.S. Antitrust Case
- Timing of Justice Department case may slip to week after next
- DOJ has been focused on search bias and distribution deals
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Google’s search engine, one of the most-profitable businesses in history, is about to face its biggest challenge as the U.S. government readies an antitrust lawsuit accusing the company of crushing competition to protect and extend its monopoly.
After a 14-month investigation, the Justice Department is homing in on whether Google skews search results to favor its own products and whether it uses an iron fist over access to users to shut out rivals, according to people familiar with the matter.