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Google Illegally Maintains Search Monopoly, Judge Rules in Siding With DOJ

Google violated antitrust law by paying to make its search engine the default on smartphone web browsers, a federal judge ruled.

Google broke the law by inking multibillion-dollar deals to make its search engine the default on smartphone web browsers including those from Apple and Samsung, a federal judge ruled Monday. In a 277-page ruling Monday, he wrote that Google had abused its monopoly in the internet search business. “Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” Judge Mehta wrote in the ruling.

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