US takes on Google in landmark antitrust trial

Google remains the world's preeminent search engine, capturing 90% of the market in the United States and across the globe, much of which comes through mobile usage on iPhones and phones running on Google-owned Android. — AP

WASHINGTON: Google faces its biggest ever legal challenge in a Washington court on Tuesday, as it fends off accusations from the US government that it acted unlawfully to build its overwhelming dominance of online search.

Over ten weeks of testimony involving more than 100 witnesses, Google will try to persuade a federal judge that the landmark case brought by the Department of Justice is without merit.