Antitrust Lawsuit Claims Google Illegally Monopolized Internet, Mobile Search
Hagens Berman, consumer rights law firm, has filed a class-action lawsuit against Google claiming the company violated monopoly laws. The suit alleges that Google made its browser the default option for Android devices per its Mobile Application Distribution Agreement (MADA) contracts and not through lawful competition.
Since Android can be used independent of the Google suit of apps, Hagens Berman is alleging that Google knowingly saturated the market with its services, creating a monopoly of internet searches and subsequent browsing patterns and commercial ads since the MADA’s are not as open as Google claims they are:
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S.
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