The Google Search Case: A Remedy Searching for an Ailment
R Street Institute
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ICLE President Geoffrey A. Manne is quoted in this R Street Institute article on recent the U.S. District Court verdict against Google on DOJ v. Google antitrust case. Read the full article here.
The president and founder of the International Center for Law and Economics summarized it best: “By relieving the plaintiffs of having to show but-for causation, Judge Mehta relieved them of the burden of proving their case.” The problem with this is that it allowed the court to establish Google’s liability free from considering what, if anything, the court could actually do to fix the alleged problem. As it turns out, while most of the more reasonable proposals for a remedy may benefit Google’s rivals, they do not promote consumer welfare.