Google Wins Limits to Antitrust Claims at Trial Over Search Deals

  • Google still faces DOJ, state suits over search contracts
  • Combined trial over claims set for Sept. 12 in federal court
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Alphabet Inc.’s Google will face a scaled-down antitrust suit over its search business after a federal judge threw out some allegations by state attorneys general.

In a ruling unsealed Friday, US District Judge Amit Mehta said the state attorneys general couldn’t show that Google’s search results harmed rivals like Yelp Inc. and Expedia Group Inc.