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On Wednesday, DOJ officials in the antitrust division filed their proposal for remedies in the case. The DOJ wants Judge Mehta to force Google to sell its Chrome browser. Officials from the Department of Justice, in a Wednesday filing, urged District Judge Amit Mehta to force Google to sell its Chrome browser. AdvertisementMehta will consider the DOJ's proposal before he makes a final ruling regarding remedies in this case. "But if Google is able to control the company that buys Chrome, the impact of selling the business would be minimal.
Persons: Amit Mehta, Judge Mehta, Mehta, Lee, Anne Mulholland, Eric Chaffee, it's, Peter Cohan, Neil Chilson, Chilson, Joe Biden's, Donald Trump, Trump, Biden, Cohan, Chafee Organizations: Google, DOJ, Department of Justice, Apple, Business, Bloomberg, Case Western Reserve University, Babson College, FTC, Chrome, Case
A law professor said the ruling shows how antitrust law is used against Big Tech companies. Management and law experts told Business Insider the ruling highlights how antitrust law is being used against Big Tech companies — and could cost Google billions of dollars in lost revenue. Historically, he said, liberal judges tended to favor antitrust law more than conservative ones. When Epic Games' case against Apple was similarly appealed, the Supreme Court denied requests to hear it, leaving Apple with its partial victory. AdvertisementRepresentatives for Epic Games directed Business Insider to a public thread about the Google ruling, posted on X by the company's CEO, Tim Sweeney.
Persons: , James Donato's, Peter Cohan, Cohan, Apple, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, Eric Chaffee, Chaffee, Alden Abbott, Abbott, Tim Sweeney, Sweeney Organizations: Google, Apple, Big Tech, Service, Management, Epic Games, Northern, Northern District of, Babson College, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Epic, DOJ, Business, Mercatus Center Locations: California, Northern District, Northern District of California, United States
Since 2019, the company has had what Sam Altman called an "unusual" hybrid structure. AdvertisementAfter operating under what Sam Altman called an "unusual" structure for more than four years, OpenAI is reportedly preparing to become a for-profit business. OpenAI could be structured as a public-benefit corporation, Bloomberg reported, an entity that balances profit with mission. An OpenAI spokesperson told the outlet the nonprofit entity "will continue to exist" and was core to its mission. OpenAI was established as a nonprofit in 2015, but in 2019, it created a "capped profit" subsidiary, OpenAI LP.
Persons: OpenAI, Sam Altman, Altman, , Mira Murati, Anthropic, it's, Anat Alon, Beck, Alon, Eric Chaffee, Chaffee, OpenAI didn't Organizations: Service, Reuters, Bloomberg, CNBC, Elon, Microsoft, Case Western Reserve University's School of Law, Case Western Reserve University Locations: OpenAI, Delaware
Sam Bankman-Fried will take the stand in his criminal trial, his lawyer said. AdvertisementAdvertisementSam Bankman-Fried plans to take the witness stand to testify in his own defense in the criminal fraud trial over FTX's collapse, according to his attorney Mark Cohen. In a hearing in federal court in downtown Manhattan Wednesday, Cohen said he would call three witnesses in Bankman-Fried's defense case, and then Bankman-Fried himself would testify. Prosecutors said they would bring two more witnesses before resting, turning things over to Bankman-Fried's lawyers to make their defense case. Earlier in the trial, Bankman-Fried's attorneys appeared to go back and forth on whether the FTX cofounder would take the stand.
Persons: Sam Bankman, , Fried, Mark Cohen, Cohen, Prosecutors, Bankman, Caroline Ellison, Ellison, Eric Chaffee, Lewis Kaplan, Kaplan, Richard Painter, George W, Bush, Painter Organizations: Service, Prosecutors, Case Western Reserve University, University of Minnesota, White House Locations: Manhattan, Bankman, FTX
Caroline Ellison is set to testify later today in the criminal case against Sam Bankman-Fried. The former Alameda Research CEO is expected to be a key witness in the case against Bankman-Fried. AdvertisementAdvertisementAll eyes will be on star witness Caroline Ellison when she takes the stand later today in the trial against her ex-boyfriend and former boss Sam Bankman-Fried. They say Bankman-Fried siphoned money from customer accounts to fund crypto bets with Alameda Research, a hedge fund he controlled. Since the exchange collapsed, the former FTX CEO has attempted to put the blame for the platform's collapse on other executives, including Ellison.
Persons: Caroline Ellison, Sam Bankman, Ellison, , FTX, Eric Chaffee, Prosecutors, Fried, Mark Cohen, Ellison —, Cohen, BRYAN R, SMITH, Jane Street, Gary Wang —, Wang, Adam Yedidia, Chelsea Jia Feng, Yedidia, Caroline, Lewis Kaplan, who's, Michael Lewis Organizations: Alameda Research, Service, Case Western Reserve University, Manhattan Federal, Bankman, Alameda, Research, New York Times, US Department of Justice, US Locations: Bankman, FTX, Alameda, Bahamas, Manhattan
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