US judge hears closing arguments in landmark Google antitrust case

Lawyers for the US government and Google gave their closing arguments Thursday in a landmark antitrust trial over the search engine's monopoly power.

The two-day hearing took place more than six months after the conclusion of the trial and a decision is not expected before late summer or autumn.

The case is the first of five major lawsuits by the US government to reach trial, with Meta, Amazon Apple and a separate case against Google also heading for federal courtrooms.

Held in Washington, the trial is the first time the US Department of Justice has faced a big tech company in court since Microsoft was targeted more than two decades ago over the dominance of its Windows operating system.

The decision in the search engine case will be made by US Judge Amit Mehta who presided over several months of testimony late last year ...