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DOJ and States Open Antitrust Case Against Google for Monopolizing Internet Search Market

By Jimmy Hoover
October 01, 2023

The U.S. Department of Justice and dozens of states opened their antitrust case against Google in Washington last month, accusing the tech giant of illegally monopolizing the internet search and related ad markets.

On the first day of one of the biggest antitrust trials in decades, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta heard hours of competing arguments about whether Google has held an illegal choke hold over the market for internet searches and digital advertisements over the last 12 years. The government's ambitious case poses a massive threat to a company whose name has literally become synonymous with internet searches.

According to the DOJ and 38 state plaintiffs, Google has achieved control of 90% of the market through violations of the nation's preeminent antitrust law, the Sherman Act. The government is seeking a declaration that Google broke the law, structural remedies to "cure" the alleged harm and an injunction barring the company from future anti-competitive conduct.

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