Google Was *This Close* To Not Passing Go

Remember when Google walked away from the Yahoo ad deal?
It turns out the Department of Justice warned Google they were three hours away from being hit with an anti-trust lawsuit charging Google with currently having an unfair monopoly that would be be furthered by the Yahoo deal.
Google is now unofficially on notice.
This news comes at the same time that China’s biggest search engine Baidu is facing 50+ companies gearing up to file a joint lawsuit alleging the search engine is a monopoly.
When you’re the #1 search engine that decides which websites live or die, having a monopoly almost comes with the territory. Google is treading a thin line, as they must. We’ll see if they can stay on the right side of it.

Google Was This Close To Not Passing Go