Google and the US government are going head-to-head over the information they believe should be known to the public in the antitrust case against the company. It will be for the judge to decide.
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has complained about attempts by Google to remove the public from the courtroom during discussions of how Google prices online advertising. John Schmidtlein, who is representing Google, said that all discussion of pricing should be held in a closed session which would mean the public and reporters have to leave the courtroom.
Google is currently facing an antitrust probe from the US government which is trying to show that the search giant is using anticompetitive practices to maintain its dominance to maintain its position in search.
