The Justice Department and Google battle over how to fix a search engine monopoly

Abigail Slater, US assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division, speaks to members of the media outside federal court in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, April 21, 2025. Google will square off against the Justice Department and dozens of state attorneys general in a Washington court room over what changes the judge will order to prevent the company from monopolizing the online search market. Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Nearly a year ago, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google had acted illegally to maintain a monopoly on the search engine market.

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