Google Asks Judge to Dismiss DOJ’s Digital Ad Antitrust Case

Alphabet Inc.’s Google asked a US judge to dismiss the government’s case against its dominance in the digital advertising market.

The move shows how hard Google plans to fight against the Justice Department’s lawsuit, which was filed earlier this year. The case, which is also backed by eight states, calls for breaking up Google’s ad-technology business, one of its main sources of revenue.

Google argued in Monday’s filing that the case ignores the company’s biggest rivals in online advertising and fails to meet the legal thresholds for alleging a monopoly.

DOJ lawyers “characterize Google’s every business decision over the ...