Google Judge Eyes August for Decision on Remedy in Monopoly Case

The federal judge who recently found that Google illegally monopolized the search market said he wants to deliver a decision on remedies by August.

Judge Amit Mehta pushed back on the government’s request to give it more time to share with the Alphabet Inc. unit its proposed recommendations for bringing competition back to the market. He asked at a hearing Friday in Washington that the Justice Department file its proposed remedies by the end of the year to give Google a fair chance to respond.

“Google needs to know precisely what plaintiffs want. That needs to be both precise and ...