The Majority Of FTC Commissioners Want To Go After Google With Antitrust Case

Reuters is reporting that “the majority of top decision-makers at the Federal Trade Commission believe that an antitrust case should be brought against Google Inc.” Apparently four of the five FTC commissioners are now convinced that “Google illegally used its dominance of the search market to hurt its rivals.” Another commissioner is not similarly convinced. The identities of the commissioners in favor of the action against Mountain View were not revealed. Several weeks ago US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz had said that a decision about whether to pursue an antitrust case or comparable remedial action against Google would be forthcoming by the end of the year. Google is currently negotiating an antitrust settlement with the European Commission over four areas of “concern” identified earlier this year after an extended investigation and comment peri...

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