Gus Hurwitz on Breaking Up Google

Gus Hurwitz November 21, 2024

ICLE Director of Law & Economics Programs Gus Hurwitz was quoted by Reuters in a story about the U.S. Justice Department’s proposed breakup of Google. You can read the full piece here.

“DOJ will face substantial headwinds with this remedy,” because Chrome can run search engines other than Google, said Gus Hurwitz, senior fellow and academic director at University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. “Courts expect any remedy to have a causal connection to the underlying antitrust concern. Divesting Chrome does absolutely nothing to address this concern.”

…Given Google Search’s popularity, Apple is likely to continue with Google as the default search engine even without any agreement or payments, Hurwitz said.