United States of America: DOJ and eleven State AG civil antitrust lawsuit against Google for monopoly in the search advertising market

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
20 Oct 2020 under deliberation

Scope

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

Timeline of events

20 Oct 2020
under deliberation

Civil antitrust lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia advertising market

On 20 October 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) along with eleven state Attorneys General (Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, South Carolina, and Texas) filed a complaint with the US Distri…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type announcement
Government branch judiciary
Government body court