United States of America: US Department of Justice and eleven state AG antitrust lawsuit against Google for monopoly in the search advertising market (United States v Google)

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
07 Mar 2025 under deliberation
20 Dec 2024 under appeal
20 Nov 2024 under investigation
08 Oct 2024 under deliberation
05 Aug 2024 in force
04 Aug 2023 under investigation
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
executive
judiciary
Government Body
other regulatory body
court
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

07 Mar 2025
under deliberation

US Department of Justice filed revised proposed final judgment in lawsuit against Google concerning its monopoly over search engines (Case No. 1:20-cv-03010-APM)

On 7 March 2025, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the plaintiff states filed a Revised Proposed Final Judgment (RPFJ) in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, following the court's ruling that Google unlawfully maintained monopol…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body
20 Dec 2024
under appeal

Google issued proposed final judgement in lawsuit alleging its monopoly over search engines (Case No. 1:20-cv-03010-APM)

On 20 December 2024, Google submitted its proposed final judgement (PFJ) in response to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia's finding that certain of its search distribution and browser default agreements violated Section 2…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type appeal
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body
20 Nov 2024
under investigation

Issued plaintiffs’ initial proposed final judgement in lawsuit against Google concerning its monopoly over search engines

On 20 November 2024, the plaintiff's initial proposed final judgement in the lawsuit against Google concerning its monopoly over search engines was issued. The lawsuit is the result of a complaint filed by multiple US States in late 2020, alleging G…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type interim ruling
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body
08 Oct 2024
under deliberation

Issued DOJ proposed remedies framework in lawsuit against Google concerning its monopoly over search engines

On 8 October 2024, the Department of Justice and Attorney Generals of various states issued a proposed remedies framework concerning Google's monopolistic practices in the search service provider market within the United States of America. This lega…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type opinion
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body
05 Aug 2024
in force

Issued ruling in antitrust lawsuit against Google concerning its monopoly over search engines (United States v Google)

On 5 August 2024, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued its ruling regarding the antitrust lawsuit filed in October 2020 by the Department of Justice (DoJ) along with several Attorneys General (Arkansas, Florida, Georg…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
04 Aug 2023
under investigation

Issued ruling on motion for summary judgment in antitrust lawsuit against Google concerning the digital advertising market

On 3 August 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued its ruling over Google’s motion for summary judgment in the antitrust lawsuit filed on October 2020 by the Department of Justice (DOJ) along with several Attorney…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type interim ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
20 Oct 2020
under deliberation

Public lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia advertising market (United States v. Google)

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

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