( August 5, 2026, 03:49 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Antitrust law, economics, and business professors called on a US appeals court to affirm that the Sherman Act “applies with equal force to digital, zero-price markets as it does to offline, brick-and-mortar industries.” They filed a brief in support of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit affirming a judgment against Google in a monopoly case brought by the Department of Justice and a group of states, and argued for stronger remedies. The professors said that the case offers a chance to correct the lower court’s deviation from longstanding antitrust principles, which would otherwise leave “Google largely free to continue paying distributors billions of dollars for favored placement over rivals.”See attached file. ...
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