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Google, Monopoly

"The most important antitrust case of the century"

Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia declared Google (1) a monopoly that (2) abused its monopoly power by paying Apple and other device makers to make Google the default search engine on billions of devices worldwide.

Mehta:

After having carefully considered and weighed the witness testimony and evidence, the court reaches the following conclusion: Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly.

Full ruling below.