U.S. v. Google
The Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against the company goes to trial next week. Is the freewheeling heyday of America’s tech giants winding down?
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Challenging Power, Again
The year was 1998. Bill Clinton was in office. had just won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Backstreet Boys were ascendant. And Microsoft was in court, teeing off against the Justice Department over claims that it was a monopoly. That landmark case, which ultimately resulted in a settlement, was the last time the government
