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Lawsuit filed

AG Yost Files Landmark Lawsuit to Declare Google a Public Utility

6/8/2021

(DELAWARE, Ohio) – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today filed a landmark lawsuit asking the court to declare Google a public utility, reining in the ways the powerful search engine provides search results to Ohioans.

“Google uses its dominance of internet search to steer Ohioans to Google’s own products–that's discriminatory and anti-competitive,” Yost said. “When you own the railroad or the electric company or the cellphone tower, you have to treat everyone the same and give everybody access."

Ohio is the first state in the country to bring such a lawsuit.

The lawsuit, filed in Delaware County Court, asserts two causes of action against Google: