A landmark antitrust trial between the Department of Justice and Google is coming to an end with

both parties delivering closing arguments.

As Stephanie Sigh explains, Google is accused of monopolizing the internet search market,

sidelining competitors, and harming consumers.

William, the Justice Department claims that Google struck illegal deals

with companies like Apple, paying them billions of dollars to be the default search engine on phones and other devices and crowding out competition.

Google argues it has the best search engine and that's why consumers choose it.

The decision on this case may not only change the way Google does business,

it could lead to a breakup of the company.

For more, I'm joined by Rebecca Allensworth,

who teaches contract and antitrust law

at Vanderbilt Law School.

Rebecca, it's great to have you with us on the news hour.

So first, set this stage for us because the Justice

departments under both former President Trump and now

President Biden have been trying to rein in tech

monopolies in various cases brought against these powerful companies, but this was the first to go to trial last fall.

What was the most compelling testimony you heard on both sides of this?

Well, I think on the side of the government they really made

a good case by pointing out Microsoft's difficulty in entering this market.

Microsoft wanted to make bing something that was a real rival for Google and they just could not get

past these de facto exclusive deals that Google had with Apple and with Android.

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