For your convenience, I've accessed a summarizer technology which you can try out any time you need it. You'll find it at https://chat.openai.com/ .
Here are the big, recent U.S. antitrust rulings against Google, with what each court actually decided and where things stand:
#1 Search monopoly (DOJ v. Google – “Search” case) — liability found (Sept 2024)
A federal judge found Google illegally maintained monopolies in general search services and general search text ads, violating Section 2 of the Sherman Act. Remedies are being handled separately.
#2 Open-web ad tech (DOJ & states v. Google – E.D. Va.) — liability found (Apr 17, 2025)
The court ruled Google monopolized multiple digital advertising technology markets (tools used by publishers and advertisers), harming publishers, competition, and consumers. Remedies proceedings are underway.
#3 Android app distribution & in-app billing (Epic Games v. Google) — jury verdict + injunction affirmed on appeal (Dec 2023 → Oct 2024 → Jul 31, 2025)
A jury found Google violated antitrust laws through exclusionary Play Store practices and tying Google Play Billing. The trial judge issued a nationwide permanent injunction (Oct 2024) requiring Google to open the Play Store to rival stores and payment options; the Ninth Circuit unanimously affirmed (Jul 31, 2025).
Case #3 is the direct answer to your question, but I want to again point out that the really serious problem is how Google has abused its market power in MANY US technology markets, and found guilty of these abuses independently by multiple judges in a short span of time, a feat of criminality even Standard Oil failed to achieve. This is why a historic level of action against Google, probably greater than that taken against Standard Oil, needs to be taken.
It's all in the court cases and it's all available publicly online for the interested public to read.
Edit: also, this comment is already too long, but in case it doesn't stand out as obviously to everyone else as it does to me, Google now introducing an additional layer of Google approvals above the multiple app stores that the court is forcing them to accept in case #3 is so amazingly, obviously a telegraphed case of malicious compliance, they are not even trying to hide it. This is the kind of thing I'm talking about when I'm saying passing more laws is part of the solution but not nearly enough on its own.
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For your convenience, I've accessed a summarizer technology which you can try out any time you need it. You'll find it at https://chat.openai.com/ .
Here are the big, recent U.S. antitrust rulings against Google, with what each court actually decided and where things stand:
#1 Search monopoly (DOJ v. Google – “Search” case) — liability found (Sept 2024) A federal judge found Google illegally maintained monopolies in general search services and general search text ads, violating Section 2 of the Sherman Act. Remedies are being handled separately.
#2 Open-web ad tech (DOJ & states v. Google – E.D. Va.) — liability found (Apr 17, 2025) The court ruled Google monopolized multiple digital advertising technology markets (tools used by publishers and advertisers), harming publishers, competition, and consumers. Remedies proceedings are underway.
#3 Android app distribution & in-app billing (Epic Games v. Google) — jury verdict + injunction affirmed on appeal (Dec 2023 → Oct 2024 → Jul 31, 2025) A jury found Google violated antitrust laws through exclusionary Play Store practices and tying Google Play Billing. The trial judge issued a nationwide permanent injunction (Oct 2024) requiring Google to open the Play Store to rival stores and payment options; the Ninth Circuit unanimously affirmed (Jul 31, 2025).
Case #3 is the direct answer to your question, but I want to again point out that the really serious problem is how Google has abused its market power in MANY US technology markets, and found guilty of these abuses independently by multiple judges in a short span of time, a feat of criminality even Standard Oil failed to achieve. This is why a historic level of action against Google, probably greater than that taken against Standard Oil, needs to be taken.
It's all in the court cases and it's all available publicly online for the interested public to read.
Edit: also, this comment is already too long, but in case it doesn't stand out as obviously to everyone else as it does to me, Google now introducing an additional layer of Google approvals above the multiple app stores that the court is forcing them to accept in case #3 is so amazingly, obviously a telegraphed case of malicious compliance, they are not even trying to hide it. This is the kind of thing I'm talking about when I'm saying passing more laws is part of the solution but not nearly enough on its own.