Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts

The headline is not great because Google will obviously appeal the ruling to the appeals court of DC, and if they have to, the Supreme Court.

A lot can happy from now and then. And this may take many years to grind through the court system.

I wonder if there exists AI models of all the super senior and important judges so we can venture how this will play out through the court system.

Could the final vertict be worse for Google?

There are ways if could be, such as new evidence coming to light, but generally no. You don't want a system where people are punished for appealing.

So Google has to appeal they're an illegal monopoly but the judge still thinks it's ok for them to keep Chrome?

I definitely anal but I am curious if this applies to civil lawsuits. This is a civil antitrust lawsuit, right? We never were seeking prison time for the CEO?

> The headline is not great because Google will obviously appeal the ruling to the appeals court of DC, and if they have to, the Supreme Court.

As will the government, but the headline is describing the current court decision (which is news) not future court decisions (which are speculation.)

Yes; presumably their appeal will not raise issues where that is likely, but as is often the case in high-stakes civil litigation where neither side got what they wanted at trial, both sides are appealing this decision, and the government’s appeal no doubt will attenpt to raise issues that would present the possibility of things being worse for Google.

Why would they appeal? This appears to be a huge win. What more could they reasonably wish for?

The judge hasn't issued a formal apology to Google... yet.