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# Federal judge rules Google illegally monopolized the search market
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/federal-judge-rules-google-illegally-monopolized-the-search-market/
- Published: 2024-08-05T20:33:53.000Z
- Updated: 2024-08-07T22:05:49.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Advertising, Insights, #wp-top-center-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:54

**A federal judge ruled that Google has illegally monopolized the search market**, handing the government “an epic win in its first major antitrust case against a tech giant in more than two decades,” reports Bloomberg Law.

Bloomberg Law states that **Judge Amit Mehta** in Washington “said that the Alphabet Inc. unit’s $26 billion in payments to make its search engine the default option on smartphones and web browsers effectively blocked any other competitor from succeeding in the market.”

“Google’s distribution agreements foreclose a substantial portion of the general search services market and impair rivals’ opportunities to compete,” Mehta said in [a 286-page ruling](https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/rZ1UlL.0yQbo/v0?ref=capitolcommunicator.com).

“By monopolizing distribution on phones and browsers, Google has been able to consistently raise the prices of online advertising without consequences, Mehta said.”

More [here](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/antitrust/google-loses-doj-antitrust-suit-over-search?ref=capitolcommunicator.com).