A federal court determined that Alphabet Inc's Google must confront all but one antitrust complaint regarding its internet advertising business presented in a case by the attorneys general of Texas and 16 other states or territories.
Google's move to dismiss an accusation that a collaboration agreement it negotiated with Meta Platforms' Facebook in 2018 constituted an unconstitutional restriction of commerce was granted, with U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel ruling that the businesses had good commercial reasons for the contract.
Google was unable to persuade Castel to dismiss three more accusations relating to its market dominance, despite the fact that the court ruled that several of the states' underlying arguments lacked validity.
Requests for response from the Texas Attorney General's Office and Google were not immediately returned.
The antitrust action is one of many against Google and other major technology corporations that might go to trial in the coming years.
