RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 6 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following statement on Aug. 5, 2024:

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Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after he prevailed in his bipartisan antitrust lawsuit against Google related to the company's search engine. A federal court found that Google violated antitrust law by illegally maintaining a monopoly over general search engine services and general search text ads.