Philip Giordano Quoted by National Law Journal on Google Antitrust Litigation

Sept. 4, 2025 – Philip Giordano was quoted by The National Law Journal (NLJ) following a recent milestone ruling in the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust litigation against Google.

The article discusses U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta’s 230-page memorandum opinion, which follows his earlier finding that Google maintained a monopoly in certain internet search markets. The memorandum makes the likelihood of an appeals court overturning his decision low.

Giordano told NLJ that the opinion is “narrowly tailored,” which “makes it more likely to stand up for review.”

The article goes on to discuss how Mehta’s opinion rejects the DOJ’s proposed structural remedies in this case, by ruling that a forced sale of Google’s Chrome web browser and Android mobile operating system would violate existing case law.

“I think Judge Mehta was appropriately cautious,” Giordano said. “Given that technology markets … are evolving quickly, it is appropriate to be cautious when fashioning remedies, and that may be why the judge was reluctant to agree to the DOJ’s term of 10 years.”

Under Mehta’s ruling, Google would be banned from entering exclusive distribution agreements for six years.

“Some say that is as far as the judge should have gone,” Giordano said. “The remedy here goes further because the judge concluded it would be insufficient to restore competition in the marketplace to simply say ‘No more exclusive deals.’”

Read the article.