Google, Apple Want Consumer Search Conspiracy Suit Gone

By Bryan Koenig (June 28, 2022, 7:02 PM EDT) — Google and Apple are fighting to toss a consumer suit from the same attorneys, and with virtually identical allegations, as a Google Search advertiser accusing Google of paying Apple not to produce its own search engine, arguing that the consumers in the latest case can’t show harm from using a free product.

Friday’s motion to dismiss in the Northern District of California hews closely to the technology giants’ dismissal bid against a…