Alphabet, whose core asset is its familiar search engine Google, has landed in hot legal water before, but the DOJ seems ...

(NASDAQ:GOOG) shares moved lower during the quarter ... The central aspect of the government's case against Alphabet was that the company’s $20 billion in annual payments to Apple made Google ...

that they were not allowed to discuss the case with one another or anyone outside the company. On Friday afternoon, Google rescinded the command as part of a settlement with the Alphabet Workers ...

Nonetheless, it's the latest blow for Alphabet ... case. Why that may be good for its stock. BMO Capital Markets analyst Brian Pitz noted in a report that Google Network "is a lower-margin ...