Judge Sides Against Google In Search Users’ Antitrust Suit

A federal judge has rejected Google’s request to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit brought by search users over the company’s distribution deals with Apple and others.

Google search users can proceed with an antitrust suit over the company’s search deals with Apple and others, a federal judge ruled this week.

The ruling, issued by U.S. District Court Judge Rita Lin, comes around two weeks after she required Google to face a separate antitrust suit over similar allegations.

This newest decision stems from a class-action complaint brought in March 2025 by a Colorado resident named James Attridge. His complaint — later joined by additional plaintiffs — largely relied on on findings made in August 2024 by U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta, who ruled against Google in an antitrust suit brought by the federal government and a coalition of states.