Google Antitrust Suit Over Ad Tech Sent Back to Texas Court (1)

Antitrust litigation filed by state attorneys general against Alphabet Inc.’s Google was transferred Monday to a federal court in Texas, after a judicial panel ruling that cited a law passed by Congress in December.

The decision by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation means a host antitrust lawsuits — by states and others over Google’s advertising technology business — will now play out in three separate federal courts in New York, Texas and Virginia.

The move back to Texas could speed up the litigation, which had been moving slowly.

“While we continue to believe the right venue for this ...