United States of America: Lawsuit concerning alleged anti-competitive agreements promoting foreclosure of competition in the general search services market (Attridge v Google)

Progress

Current status
in force
21 Jan 2026 in force

Scope

Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
search service provider
software provider: other software
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

21 Jan 2026
in force

Northern District of California Court partially denied Google's motion to dismiss a class action alleging antitrust violations

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Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court