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Court Case: USA vs. Google
Brief
Tracking the case of USA vs. Google: hearing dates, key court rulings, official statements from the parties. Not needed: commentator opinions, unrelated material.
Description
Courts continue to find liability against major tech platforms while consistently stopping short of ordering structural breakups, favoring behavioral remedies instead — part of a broader, sustained wave of antitrust action across digital markets.
Search Monopoly Remedies
Following Judge Amit Mehta's August 2024 ruling that Google violated the Sherman Antitrust Act, the court issued remedies in September 2025 — notably rejecting the DOJ's request to force a Chrome divestiture, but prohibiting Google from entering exclusive distribution contracts for Search, Chrome, Assistant, and the Gemini app, and ordering Google to share certain search index and user-interaction data with rivals.
Appeal
Google is appealing the ruling; the appeals court is expected to hear arguments in late 2026 or early 2027.
Related Cases
The FTC v. Amazon trial, targeting Amazon's alleged monopoly in online superstores and marketplace services, is scheduled for late 2026. Separately, the Ninth Circuit ruled in Gibson v. Cendyn Group — the first appellate decision on algorithmic pricing — rejecting antitrust claims that Las Vegas Strip hotels using shared pricing software restrained trade.