Antitrust Suits Filed Over Google’s Search Engine, Online Advertising

(December 23, 2020, 10:08 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — One day after a group of 10 states fronted by Texas (the Texas plaintiffs), sued Google LLC for alleged anti-competitive practices in the online advertising market, another complaint was filed against the technology giant in District of Columbia federal court on Dec. 17 by 35 states, along with Guam, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia (the D.C. plaintiffs), bringing antitrust claims related to Google’s purported monopoly of the internet search engine market (Colorado, et al. v. Google LLC, No. 20-3715, D. D.C.)....