US states prepping second antitrust lawsuit against Google for next month

Google has broadly denied wrongdoing in response to the government’s lawsuit and other probes, and said that its search engine and other products are dominant because consumers prefer them. — AFP

WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of US state attorneys general plans to file an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google as early as next month, according to two people briefed on the matter.

The lawsuit is separate from a widely anticipated Texas antitrust action that could also come before the end of the year.