Court document reveals Google’s strategy to dodge Department of Justice

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled against Google in the anti-trust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and a number of US states.

The court concluded that Google had violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act by maintaining its monopoly in general search services and general text advertising through the use of exclusive distribution agreements.

According to the 286-page Memorandum Opinion court ruling, uploaded onto Politico, Google recognised the risk it would face if Apple Safari browser users were to use an alternative search engine and had calculated that it would cost Apple billions of dollars to develop and operate a global web search engine.

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