The penalty phase of the government's antitrust case against Google is set to begin soon, and Apple stands to lose billions if Google can't pay it to be the default search engine on Safari.

Apple's motion for a stay on the forthcoming Google remedy trial has been quickly denied, meaning Apple will have little say in the potential end of its annual $20 billion iPhone search deal with the search giant.

US District Court Judge Amit Mehta denied Apple’s emergency request to halt the Google Search monopoly trial that could dismantle their lucrative search that’s reportedly worth as much as $18 billion a year.

Apple is fighting to defend its multi-billion dollar search engine deal with Google as Google is prosecuted for antitrust violations, and so far,

Apple gets billions for setting Google’s search engine as default in Safari. The lawsuit against Google, initiated in 2020 by the US DOJ, included several points. One of the mai