Ohio Court Sets May 2024 Trial in Google Common Carrier Case

An Ohio court set trial for May 14, 2024, in the state’s lawsuit that seeks to regulate Google as a common carrier (case 21 CV H 06 0274). Court of Common Pleas Judge James Schuck’s Tuesday scheduling order also set a final pretrial conference for May 6, 2024. 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 (see 2210110007).