State AGs, U.S. Justice Lawyers to Discuss Google Probe: WSJ

Attorneys general will meet with Justice Department lawyers this week to discuss separate investigations of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

The meeting could lead to the groups joining forces, the newspaper said in a story posted to its website on Sunday.

A coalition of 48 states opened an antitrust investigation that will dig into Google’s operations in search and mobile software, going beyond an initial focus on the company’s advertising business, Bloomberg News said in November, citing two people familiar with the probe.

The state officials met privately in ...