Laura Phillips-Sawyer, a professor teaching antitrust law in the School of Law, recently spoke with The New York Times about efforts to rein in Big Tech in the federal government’s first monopoly trial of the modern internet era.
In this 10-week trial, the Justice Department is shifting the antitrust battle from challenging the mergers and acquisitions of large companies to more deeply examining the business practices that thrust them into power.
The Justice Department argues that Google maintained a monopoly by paying Apple and other companies to make its internet search engine the default on the iPhone and other devices and platforms.
“This is a pivotal case and a moment to create precedents for these new platforms that lend themselves to real and durable market power,” said Laura Phillips-Sawyer.
Google’s chief executive, Sundar Pichai, and executives from other tech companies are expected to be called as witnesses in this antitrust case.
