Antitrust Suit Over Alleged Google, Apple Noncompete Agreement Dismissed

(August 23, 2023, 9:55 AM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif.— A group of internet search engine users saw their antitrust claims against Google LLC and Apple Inc. dismissed by a California federal judge, who ruled that the plaintiffs did not allege sufficient facts to support their assertions that the two companies entered into a clandestine arrangement under which Apple agreed not to develop a search engine that would compete with Google in exchange for payments of billions of dollars....