Court orders search distribution and data-access remedies
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Named role
- Remedy subject
- HHI coverage
- 2 paired / 3
Exact official-record labeloperator crosswalk
Google LLC
Technology company named as the defendant in the federal search monopolization case.
Exact source label, not a standalone legal-entity, ownership, liability, or market-power determination.
Official labelGoogle LLC
Policy organizationGoogle LLCOfficial label / 3 records / 2020-2025
- Record identityExact source labelNot legal-entity resolution
- Official coverage3 dated records2020-2025
- Market scope3 contextsLinked by the official record
- Permitted useRecord tracingNot a liability finding
Official record chronology
Why this exact label appears
Sep 2, 2025
RemedyU.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Court orders search distribution and data-access remedies
The court prohibited specified exclusive distribution contracts and ordered access to certain search index and user-interaction data plus search and text-ad syndication services.
Named as Remedy subject
The official remedy record identifies Google as subject to the ordered search remedies.
Aug 5, 2024
DecisionU.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Court finds Google liable for unlawful search monopoly maintenance
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.
Named as Defendant
The liability decision belongs to the federal case naming Google LLC as defendant.
Oct 20, 2020
LitigationU.S. Department of Justice
United States files search monopolization complaint against Google
DOJ and state plaintiffs filed a civil case challenging Google's maintenance of monopolies in general search services and search advertising through distribution agreements.
Named as Defendant
The official case record identifies Google LLC as the defendant.
Descriptive economic context
Public HHI evidence around each record
Each row searches the linked market profile for strict pre-event, same-year, and strict post-event observations. Missing anchors remain visible.
4Paired
3One-sided
0Unavailable
- Strict pre
- 3,846
- 2024 / estimated public
- Event year
- 3,720
- 2025 / same-year anchor
- Strict post
- 3,612
- 2026 / estimated public
- Pre-post change
- -234
- 2-year descriptive span
- Strict pre
- Unavailable
- No earlier HHI
- Event year
- Unavailable
- No same-year HHI
- Strict post
- 4,804
- 2026 / estimated public
- Pre-post change
- Not available
- Pair not available
- Strict pre
- 7,575
- 2024 / estimated public
- Event year
- 7,589
- 2025 / same-year anchor
- Strict post
- 7,359
- 2026 / estimated public
- Pre-post change
- -216
- 2-year descriptive span
- Strict pre
- 3,664
- 2023 / estimated public
- Event year
- 3,846
- 2024 / same-year anchor
- Strict post
- 3,720
- 2025 / estimated public
- Pre-post change
- +56
- 2-year descriptive span
Paired window2024-08-05
Search enginesCourt finds Google liable for unlawful search monopoly maintenance
- Strict pre
- 7,950
- 2023 / estimated public
- Event year
- 7,575
- 2024 / same-year anchor
- Strict post
- 7,589
- 2025 / estimated public
- Pre-post change
- -361
- 2-year descriptive span
- Strict pre
- Unavailable
- No earlier HHI
- Event year
- Unavailable
- No same-year HHI
- Strict post
- 3,664
- 2023 / estimated public
- Pre-post change
- Not available
- Pair not available
Post-event only2020-10-20
Search enginesUnited States files search monopolization complaint against Google
- Strict pre
- Unavailable
- No earlier HHI
- Event year
- Unavailable
- No same-year HHI
- Strict post
- 7,950
- 2023 / estimated public
- Pre-post change
- Not available
- Pair not available
Before/after HHI differences are descriptive comparisons between discrete public releases. They do not estimate the causal effect of the policy event.
Bounded market context
Markets linked by the cited records
United States / Software
Browsers
3 named records / 2 paired HHI windows
Remedy subjectDefendant
United States / Digital platforms
Search engines
3 named records / 2 paired HHI windows
Remedy subjectDefendant
United States / Digital platforms
AI assistants
1 named record / 0 paired HHI windows
Remedy subject
A market link records the scope named by the official event. It does not establish that every named organization participates throughout that market or define a relevant antitrust market for a different matter.
Source custody
Official records behind the dossier
U.S. Department of Justice / agency report
Department of Justice Wins Significant Remedies Against Google
Accessed Jul 17, 2026. U.S. Department of Justice, Department of Justice Wins Significant Remedies Against Google, September 2 2025.
U.S. Department of Justice / agency report
U.S. and Plaintiff States v. Google LLC [2020]
Accessed Jul 17, 2026. U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, U.S. and Plaintiff States v. Google LLC, case opened October 20 2020.
Optional observatory crosswalk
Related operator evidence
Navigation crosswalk from the Google LLC party label to the Google operator-label evidence index; not a legal-entity determination.
Optional participant and operator crosswalks are observatory navigation aids based on matched public labels. They are not legal-entity, affiliate, beneficial-owner, or corporate-control determinations.
Reproducible record packet
Reuse the exact organization dossier
Filtered index and relationship routes preserve the organization slug, exact role, event ID, market context, source URL, and inference guardrails.
- Organization ID
- pent-google-llc
- Profile slug
- google-llc
- Named edges
- 3
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Official-record interpretation boundary
These dossiers compile exact organization labels from official public records. They do not resolve corporate identity, ownership, control, affiliate status, liability, or market power beyond what the cited record expressly states.
A relationship means an official source names the organization in connection with the dated record. It does not by itself establish liability, market power, ownership, control, or that the organization participates in every market linked to that record.