By Jennifer Elias
Publication Date: 2026-01-16 23:11:00
Google CEO Sundar Pichai during the press conference after his meeting with Polish PM Donald Tusk at Google for Startups Campus In Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland, on Feb. 13, 2025.
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Google on Friday filed to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that the company held an illegal monopoly in its core market of internet search.
The appeal could result in a delay of remedies against the Alphabet-owned company while the legal process continues plays out.
The 2024 ruling “ignored the reality that people use Google because they want to, not because they’re forced to,” Google Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Lee-Anne Mulholland wrote in a Friday blog.
“The decision failed to account for the rapid pace of innovation and intense competition we face from established players and well-funded start-ups,” she wrote.
The antitrust trial started in September 2023, and in August 2024, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act…
