Last year, a federal judge ruled that Google had illegally maintained a search monopoly, but allowed the company to keep paying to be the default search engine on Apple devices (with very few caveats). Now, the Department of Justice and a group of states are appealing the overall decision. Here are the details.
A bit of background
In August 2024, Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google had resorted to illegal means to maintain its monopoly in the U.S. online search market.
Part of that decision involved Google’s exclusionary agreements with companies such as Apple, as they created steeper anticompetitive effects.
With that decision in the books, the case moved to a year-long remedies phase, during which multiple witnesses from all sides, including from associated companies such as Apple, tried to make their case as to what, exactly, should happen to Google.
