Google, Ohio to Meet Nov. 14 in Common Carrier Case

An Ohio court set a Nov. 14 status conference in the state’s lawsuit that seeks to regulate Google as a common carrier (case 21 CV H 06 0274). The in-chambers conference starts at 11:30 a.m. at the Delaware County Common Pleas Court in Delaware, Ohio, Judge James Schuck ordered Monday. The court ruled May 24 that Ohio “stated a cognizable claim” that Google could be a common carrier, though it disagreed the company is a public utility. Ohio also seeks declaratory and injunctive relief to stop alleged self-preferencing by Google on search results pages.