U.S. v. Google | AllSides

The year was 1998. Bill Clinton was in office. Titanic had just won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Backstreet Boys were ascendant. And Microsoft was in court, teeing off against the Justice Department over claims that it was a monopoly. That landmark case, which ultimately resulted in a settlement, was the last time the government took a major tech company to trial for antitrust issues.

That will change next week, when the U.S. et al v. Google trial begins in Washington, D.C. The Justice Department (joined by a…