Yelp can proceed with 'tying' claim in antitrust case against Google

(CN) — A federal judge in California Wednesday said Yelp Inc. may proceed in its antitrust lawsuit against Google on its claim that the tech giant uses its monopoly power in general search services to compel people to use Google’s own local search product.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen in San Jose, California, denied Google’s motion to dismiss the so-called tying claim. The judge had previously dismissed the claim, but Yelp reformulated it in an amended complaint.

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