Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Why Google's new search might be illegal

There's nothing illegal about being so big that you dominate a market.
But when Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) unveiled a new feature last week called Search Plus Your World, some antitrust experts believe Google stepped over the line.
Google's new feature risks abusing the company's dominant position in the search market to stifle competition from its rivals. That could be against the law.
"Google runs a very high risk of being found in violation of antitrust and competition laws," said Ted Henneberry, a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's antitrust group. "The issue raised by Google's new announcement is how it potentially increases its dominance and furthers its discriminatory treatment of rivals."

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