Google asks Judge to dismiss DOJ's antitrust case

 

Google has asked U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta to dismiss the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit over its search engine dominance.   The tech giant has also asked Judge Mehta to dismiss a similar suit brought by a bipartisan coalition of 38 state attorneys general. Google argued that consumers use its search engine because it is a superior product and not because of anticompetitive agreements. The DOJ claims Google maintains a monopoly in search engines through exclusionary distribution agreements that direct billions of search queries to Google every day. Google handles about 90% of search-engine queries globally. Judge Mehta is expected to give a written decision this spring or summer. If Google’s request is denied, the trial is expected to begin later this year.