Winners and Losers: Latest Google Antitrust Litigation Developments Offers a Mixed Bag for the Tech Giant
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Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, interviewed Tamara Kurtzman.
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Since late 2020, Google has faced numerous antitrust litigation claims, and although Google has been found to have violated various antitrust regulation, the full consequences remain unclear. In the summer of 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia found that Google has violated federal antitrust law with its monopoly in the online search market. Specifically, the Court took issue with Google’s practice of paying large sums to be the default search engine on devices and web browsers, thereby eliminating competition by foreclosing other venders from reaching users. In the “remedies” portion of the trial which took place earlier this month, the Court, however, imposed only minimal consequences on Google despite the findings of antitrust violations. Specifically, Google will not be forced to sell its Chrome browser or divest in the Android operating system. Instead, the Court focused on the exclusive nature of contracts Google held for distribution, ruling that while the company can make payments to preload its products, it cannot have exclusive contracts that condition payments or licensing. The Court also ruled that Google must share certain data it uses for generating search results. Google has said previously that it plans to appeal, which means it realistically could be years before the company is required to comply with the ruling. Months earlier, in April 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in a separate suit found that Google’s digital ad network also constituted an illegal monopoly. This week, the company is back in Court to determine what remedy should be applied and whether Google should be forced to sell its ad exchange, AdX, to restore competition in the online display advertising market.
Ms. Kurtzman received her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago, with honors, and subsequently graduated cum laude from Case Western Reserve University School of Law where she received her juris doctor. While attending Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Ms. Kurtzman served as both an associate member and, subsequently, as Editor-In-Chief of The Internet Law Journal.
Before founding TMK, Ms. Kurtzman served as a partner in a California general-practice law firm specializing in corporate representation where she co-chaired, among other divisions, both the firm’s commercial contracts and litigation practices. Ms. Kurtzman has been featured in:
- The Wall Street Journal
- The Los Angeles Business Journal
- Bloomberg News
- Law360
- The Daily Journal
- Los Angeles Lawyer
- Inside Counsel
- Westlaw’s Sports & Entertainment Journal
- The Beverly Hills Courier
- Backstage
- The ABA Journal
- The Hollywood Times
- Business Law Today
- The Journal of Internet Law
- Corporate Counselor
- Price of Business
In 2012, Ms. Kurtzman was named one of 50 attorneys on the “Fast Track” to becoming the country’s top lawyers and leaders. In 2013, Ms. Kurtzman was inducted into the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s Order of Distinguished Attorneys. In 2017-2021, each year Ms. Kurtzman was selected to SuperLawyer’s Southern California Rising Stars list; each year, less than 3% of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Also in 2019, Ms. Kurtzman was named one of the Up-and-Coming 50 Women Southern California Rising Stars by SuperLawyers. In 2015, Ms. Kurtzman became one of the youngest adjunct law professors in the state and, over the years, Ms. Kurtzman has taught pretrial litigation practice and business organizations to numerous classes of law school students. In both 2023 and 2024, Ms. Kurtzman was selected to SuperLawyer’s Southern California Super Lawyer list which recognizes the top 5% of attorneys in each state.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, in her spare time Ms. Kurtzman practices Krav Maga and is an avid sabre fencer and bagpiper. Ms. Kurtzman also serves on the Board of American Family Housing, an organization providing long-term housing solutions for formerly homeless veterans and families.
Learn more at www.tmkattorneys.com.
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