The Department of Justice's antitrust case levied against Google (GOOG, GOOGL) is underway with prosecutors calling in witnesses to testify on supposed search engine monopolization. Chamber of Progress Founder and CEO Adam Kovacevich — who is a former Google U.S. policy director — reviews ways Google's practices could come under scrutiny by DOJ officials as the trial continues.
"This stage of the case is not about remedies, it's just about the Department of Justice proving its case," Kovacevich states. "But if the Department of Justice wins, there will be a second phase — it's about remedies. Let's say, for example, that they found that... Google shouldn't be paying Apple or Mozilla for these deals... If Apple, Mozilla still want to do those deals, but who's left to do them with? And that's Bing."
