Texas’ lawsuit on Google’s ad dominance can mostly proceed, judge rules

A lady passes the emblem from the online search engine supplier Google in the course of the digital society pageant ‘re:publica’, on the Enviornment Berlin in Berlin, Germany June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

OAKLAND, Calif., Sept 13 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google should face all however one antitrust allegation about its internet marketing enterprise introduced in a lawsuit by attorneys common for Texas and 16 different states or territories, a federal choose dominated on Tuesday.

Google gained its movement to dismiss an allegation {that a} cooperation settlement it struck with Meta Platforms’ (META.O) Fb in 2018 was an illegal restraint of commerce, with U.S. District Decide P. Kevin Castel saying the businesses had legitimate enterprise causes for the deal.

Google didn’t persuade Castel to dismiss three different counts associated to its market energy, although the choose discovered that some underlying claims by the states lacked benefit.

Spokespeople for Texas’ lawyer common’s workplace and Google didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.

The antitrust case is one in every of a number of towards Google and different huge tech firms that would go to trial over the subsequent couple of years.

Reporting by Paresh Dave; Enhancing by Richard Pullin

Our Requirements: The Thomson Reuters Belief Ideas.