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The US government had argued that Google should be forced to sell its Ad Manager suite because it had illegally abused its dominance of online advertising. (File Photo/IANS)
The states joining the lawsuit were Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Washington, and West Virginia.
Nine states including Michigan and Nebraska have joined the US Justice Department lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google, which alleges the search and advertising company broke antitrust laws in running its digital advertising business, the department said Monday. .
The states joining the lawsuit were Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Washington and West Virginia, the department said.
The government, which along with eight states filed the Ad Tech lawsuit in January, argued that Google should be forced to sell its Ads Manager suite because it illegally abused its dominance of online advertising. Google has denied any wrongdoing and has asked Judge Leonie Brinkema in the Eastern District of Virginia to dismiss the lawsuit.
The Justice Department’s Ad Tech lawsuit followed a separate lawsuit filed in late 2020 under the Trump administration that accused Google of violating antitrust law to maintain its dominance in search. That case comes up for hearing in September.
President Joe Biden’s administration has sought to toughen antitrust enforcement. Along with the Google lawsuit, it is also challenging several proposed mergers.
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