Google Must Face States’ Claims in Ad Tech Antitrust Suit
- Alphabet unit defeats claim it cut illegal deal with Facebook
- US judge allows states to proceed on monopolization claims
Google's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California.
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An antitrust suit by state attorneys general accusing Alphabet Inc.’s Google of monopolizing the technology underlying online advertising can move forward, a New York federal judge ruled.
Judge P. Kevin Castel on Tuesday allowed the bulk of the states’ antitrust lawsuit to proceed, while throwing out a key claim that a 2018 advertising pact with Facebook violated antitrust law.