{"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","dataset":"events","count":2,"filters":{"source":"doj-google-search-case-2020","sourceMatched":true,"sourceId":"doj-google-search-case-2020","sourceTitle":"U.S. and Plaintiff States v. Google LLC [2020]","sourcePublisher":"U.S. Department of Justice","sourceProfileHref":"/sources/doj-google-search-case-2020"},"rows":[{"id":"evt-google-search-liability-2024","eventDate":"2024-08-05","year":2024,"title":"Court finds Google liable for unlawful search monopoly maintenance","agency":"U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia","eventType":"decision","stage":"decision","summary":"The district court issued a liability opinion finding that Google maintained monopolies in general search services and general search text advertising in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act.","significance":"Marks the liability decision before the remedies phase. The ruling does not by itself establish a change in the observatory's usage-share HHI series.","relatedMarketIds":["mkt-search","mkt-browser"],"sourceId":"doj-google-search-case-2020","docketNumber":null,"markets":[{"id":"mkt-search","slug":"us-search-engine-usage","name":"U.S. search engine usage","shortName":"Search engines"},{"id":"mkt-browser","slug":"us-browser-usage","name":"U.S. browser usage","shortName":"Browsers"}],"sourceTitle":"U.S. and Plaintiff States v. Google LLC [2020]","sourcePublisher":"U.S. Department of Justice","sourceUrl":"https://www.justice.gov/atr/case/us-and-plaintiff-states-v-google-llc","sourceProfileHref":"/sources/doj-google-search-case-2020","recordProfileHref":"/enforcement/records/google-search-liability-2024","proceedingId":"proceeding-google-search","proceedingSlug":"google-search-monopolization","proceedingTitle":"United States v. Google search monopolization","proceedingType":"court_case","proceedingSequence":2,"proceedingEventCount":3,"proceedingProfileHref":"/enforcement/proceedings/google-search-monopolization","namedEntities":[{"id":"pent-google-llc","slug":"google-llc","name":"Google LLC","role":"defendant"}]},{"id":"evt-google-search-complaint-2020","eventDate":"2020-10-20","year":2020,"title":"United States files search monopolization complaint against Google","agency":"U.S. Department of Justice","eventType":"complaint","stage":"litigation","summary":"DOJ and state plaintiffs filed a civil case challenging Google's maintenance of monopolies in general search services and search advertising through distribution agreements.","significance":"Starts the federal case chronology for the default and distribution channels connected to the search and browser profiles; it is legal context rather than a concentration observation.","relatedMarketIds":["mkt-search","mkt-browser"],"sourceId":"doj-google-search-case-2020","docketNumber":null,"markets":[{"id":"mkt-search","slug":"us-search-engine-usage","name":"U.S. search engine usage","shortName":"Search engines"},{"id":"mkt-browser","slug":"us-browser-usage","name":"U.S. browser usage","shortName":"Browsers"}],"sourceTitle":"U.S. and Plaintiff States v. Google LLC [2020]","sourcePublisher":"U.S. Department of Justice","sourceUrl":"https://www.justice.gov/atr/case/us-and-plaintiff-states-v-google-llc","sourceProfileHref":"/sources/doj-google-search-case-2020","recordProfileHref":"/enforcement/records/google-search-complaint-2020","proceedingId":"proceeding-google-search","proceedingSlug":"google-search-monopolization","proceedingTitle":"United States v. Google search monopolization","proceedingType":"court_case","proceedingSequence":1,"proceedingEventCount":3,"proceedingProfileHref":"/enforcement/proceedings/google-search-monopolization","namedEntities":[{"id":"pent-google-llc","slug":"google-llc","name":"Google LLC","role":"defendant"}]}]}