WHAT: US Internet analyst, Dan Salmon, will be hosting an expert call to preview the DOJ vs GOOGL Search remedies ruling.
EXPERT GUEST: Megan Gray is an accomplished technology attorney with over 25 years of experience in law, public policy, and communications in the US and globally. Among other things, she served as General Counsel & Vice President, Public Policy for DuckDuckGo, and worked in the Bureau of Consumer Protection for the Federal Trade Commission and has been a Fellow at the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society for over a decade.
WHY: The call will be a great opportunity to address some top investor questions of late, including:
When is the ruling expected to be announced?
What are the probabilities of different remedy outcomes, especially:
-- Ability to partner commercially with AAPL, Samsung and others
-- Ability to strike default arrangements
-- Allowing greater access to search index information
-- Divesting Chrome
How are AI chatbot/agent and AI search innovations expected to impact the ruling?
What actions from both sides should be expected in the days and weeks that immediately follow the ruling?
What are the timeline and next steps for GOOGL's appeal of the decision?