Official record dossierDecision

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.

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.

Official recordCourt finds Google liable for unlawful search monopoly maintenanceDecision / U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia / 2 markets

Record identityevt-google-search-liability-2024Aug 5, 2024
Official scopeDecisionU.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Market scope2 linked contextsSeparately bounded profiles
Permitted inferenceChronology + contextNo automatic causal claim

Exact named-organization edges

Who this official record names

1 encoded relationship

Defendant

Google LLC

Technology company named as the defendant in the federal search monopolization case.

Source-specific evidence

The liability decision belongs to the federal case naming Google LLC as defendant.

Organization dossier Observatory crosswalk

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.

Descriptive economic context

Public HHI evidence around this date

Each row searches one linked market profile for strict pre-event, same-year, and strict post-event observations. Missing anchors remain part of the result.

2Paired

0One-sided

0Unavailable

Paired windowBrowsers

United States / Software

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 windowSearch engines

United States / Digital platforms

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

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 to this record

2 profile handoffs

United States / Digital platforms

Paired window

Search engines

All-platform U.S. search engine usage share from StatCounter Global Stats for April 2026. The market is an observed usage-share proxy, not search advertising revenue.

Open market profile

United States / Software

Paired window

Browsers

All-platform U.S. browser usage share from StatCounter Global Stats for April 2026. The profile tracks browser usage concentration, not browser advertising or operating-system tying questions.

Open market profile

A linked market identifies the observatory context assigned to this record. It is not necessarily the relevant antitrust market alleged or adjudicated in the official matter.

Source custody

Official source behind the record

Source ID doj-google-search-case-2020

U.S. Department of Justice / agency report

U.S. and Plaintiff States v. Google LLC [2020]

DOJ case ledger for the federal search monopolization case including complaint liability remedies and compliance records.

Accessed Jul 17, 2026. U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, U.S. and Plaintiff States v. Google LLC, case opened October 20 2020.

License note: Public federal government case record

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Nearby observatory chronology

Other records sharing these market contexts

2 related by market link

Explicit proceeding membership / record 2 of 3

United States v. Google search monopolization

Open the declared chronology before using market-linked nearby records as broader context.

Proceeding dossier

Sep 2, 2025

Remedy

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Court orders search distribution and data-access remedies

Shared context: Search engines / Browsers

Open dossier

Oct 20, 2020

Litigation

U.S. Department of Justice

United States files search monopolization complaint against Google

Shared context: Search engines / Browsers

Open dossier

This chronology is generated from shared observatory market links. It does not assert that the records concern the same matter, conduct, parties, or theory of harm.

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Event ID: evt-google-search-liability-2024
Profile slug: google-search-liability-2024
Docket: Not listed
License: CC BY 4.0

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A linked market identifies the observatory context assigned to this record. It is not necessarily the relevant antitrust market alleged or adjudicated in the official matter.

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