Google Protests News Corp., Microsoft Ties in Texas Probe

Google Protests News Corp., Microsoft Ties in Texas Probe
The Google logo adorns the outside of their NYC office Google Building 8510 at 85 10th Ave on June 3, 2019 in New York City. Shares of Google parent company Alphabet were down over six percent on Monday, following news reports that the U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to launch an anti-trust investigation aimed at Google. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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Google says its confidential business information is at risk in the nationwide antitrust probe of the company because the Texas attorney general’s office, which is leading the investigation, hired two consultants that have worked for Google adversaries.

Parent company Alphabet Inc. went to court Thursday to restrict Texas’s ability to disclose sensitive information to consultants who have worked for competitors and other companies such as News Corp. and Microsoft Corp. that have complained about Google to regulators.