Google antitrust trial: Verizon executive to kick off second week of hearing

The Justice Department’s first witness when the government kicks off the second week of the Google antitrust trial will be a Verizon executive, who will likely face questions about agreements that the search and advertising giant reached with wireless carriers to be the default on their smartphones.

The trial began Tuesday with talk of the “future of the internet” but quickly plunged into the weeds of commercial agreements with Android makers like Motorola and Samsung.