Lauren Feiner

And, you know, I think search is really what Google's popularity in general has always stemmed from. But I do think it's significant that we see in 2024 a federal judge saying the antitrust laws can be applied to a tech platform to say that this company illegally monopolized the market, because we haven't seen that in a really long time.

And, you know, I think search is really what Google's popularity in general has always stemmed from. But I do think it's significant that we see in 2024 a federal judge saying the antitrust laws can be applied to a tech platform to say that this company illegally monopolized the market, because we haven't seen that in a really long time.

And, you know, I think search is really what Google's popularity in general has always stemmed from. But I do think it's significant that we see in 2024 a federal judge saying the antitrust laws can be applied to a tech platform to say that this company illegally monopolized the market, because we haven't seen that in a really long time.

This case is in Alexandria of the Eastern District of Virginia. The Eastern District of Virginia actually has kind of a funny nickname in legal circles. It's known as the Rocket Docket because it's known for moving cases relatively quickly. And I think that is pretty much what we've seen here. It is being overseen by Judge Leonie Brinkema. My understanding is she's a highly respected judge.

This case is in Alexandria of the Eastern District of Virginia. The Eastern District of Virginia actually has kind of a funny nickname in legal circles. It's known as the Rocket Docket because it's known for moving cases relatively quickly. And I think that is pretty much what we've seen here. It is being overseen by Judge Leonie Brinkema. My understanding is she's a highly respected judge.

This case is in Alexandria of the Eastern District of Virginia. The Eastern District of Virginia actually has kind of a funny nickname in legal circles. It's known as the Rocket Docket because it's known for moving cases relatively quickly. And I think that is pretty much what we've seen here. It is being overseen by Judge Leonie Brinkema. My understanding is she's a highly respected judge.

I think she's been very, very matter of fact, very straight to the point. She doesn't want to hear a lot of repetition of arguments or repetition of concepts that she's heard from witnesses. I think the questions I've heard her ask so far seem to indicate that she understands this market. She's getting a grasp of the technical elements of this case, and she wants to keep it moving.

I think she's been very, very matter of fact, very straight to the point. She doesn't want to hear a lot of repetition of arguments or repetition of concepts that she's heard from witnesses. I think the questions I've heard her ask so far seem to indicate that she understands this market. She's getting a grasp of the technical elements of this case, and she wants to keep it moving.

I think she's been very, very matter of fact, very straight to the point. She doesn't want to hear a lot of repetition of arguments or repetition of concepts that she's heard from witnesses. I think the questions I've heard her ask so far seem to indicate that she understands this market. She's getting a grasp of the technical elements of this case, and she wants to keep it moving.

I think we've seen that a lot in the arguments so far. It started last Monday. So far, it's been basically a week of trial, and it's been every single day. of the work week. It could go up to six weeks. It seems like that's not going to happen. I'd say it's probably going to go, I would guess, at least another couple weeks, but I wouldn't imagine they're going to take the full six weeks.

I think we've seen that a lot in the arguments so far. It started last Monday. So far, it's been basically a week of trial, and it's been every single day. of the work week. It could go up to six weeks. It seems like that's not going to happen. I'd say it's probably going to go, I would guess, at least another couple weeks, but I wouldn't imagine they're going to take the full six weeks.

I think we've seen that a lot in the arguments so far. It started last Monday. So far, it's been basically a week of trial, and it's been every single day. of the work week. It could go up to six weeks. It seems like that's not going to happen. I'd say it's probably going to go, I would guess, at least another couple weeks, but I wouldn't imagine they're going to take the full six weeks.

It sounded like the DOJ might wrap up its case in chief this week, at which point Google will begin bringing in witnesses.

It sounded like the DOJ might wrap up its case in chief this week, at which point Google will begin bringing in witnesses.

It sounded like the DOJ might wrap up its case in chief this week, at which point Google will begin bringing in witnesses.

There's been several groups of different types of witnesses so far. We've heard from publishers. We've heard from people on the buying side who represent agencies that buy ads for clients. We've heard from one expert so far, and we've also heard from former Google executives who've worked in parts of the ad tech business. On the publisher side, one that really stood out to me was

There's been several groups of different types of witnesses so far. We've heard from publishers. We've heard from people on the buying side who represent agencies that buy ads for clients. We've heard from one expert so far, and we've also heard from former Google executives who've worked in parts of the ad tech business. On the publisher side, one that really stood out to me was

There's been several groups of different types of witnesses so far. We've heard from publishers. We've heard from people on the buying side who represent agencies that buy ads for clients. We've heard from one expert so far, and we've also heard from former Google executives who've worked in parts of the ad tech business. On the publisher side, one that really stood out to me was

Stephanie Lacer, who was a former News Corp executive, who spoke pretty passionately about the issues that she had with Google's publisher side tools and feeling locked into their whole technology ecosystem, despite issues that she had with it. We've heard from former Google executives like a former Southside executive, Chris LaSalla.

Stephanie Lacer, who was a former News Corp executive, who spoke pretty passionately about the issues that she had with Google's publisher side tools and feeling locked into their whole technology ecosystem, despite issues that she had with it. We've heard from former Google executives like a former Southside executive, Chris LaSalla.