This week we brought TechCrunch’s own Rebecca Bellan onto the podcast to help us better understand Google’s search-related anti-trust case that is currently ongoing in the United States.

There are a number of major legal cases involving tech giants and their in-market heft and behavior, from Google v. Epic to what’s going on in the EU and the U.S. government’s adtech-related suit against Google, but our focus is search.

Catch up on the state of affairs with Bellan’s reporting here.

Now, the startup angle. Why is this a topic for Equity? A few reasons: 

We could go on. But hit play and hang out with Rebecca and Alex  for more. We’ll have her back on when the verdict comes down. Talk to you Friday for our news roundup!

For episode transcripts and more, head to Equity’s Simplecast website.

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