By Diane Bartz and David Shepardson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The selection of U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, nominated to the court by President Barack Obama, to hear the U.S. Justice Department's case against Alphabet's Google <GOOGL.O>, suggests a tough courtroom battle ahead for the $1-trillion search and advertising company.
The U.S. Justice Department is accusing Alphabet's <GOOGL.O> Google of illegally using its market muscle to hobble rivals like Microsoft's Bing in search and search advertising. The lawsuit, which was filed on Tuesday, is the biggest challenge to the power and influence of Big Tech in decades.
Mehta, who was randomly selected, is not seen as pro-business or favorable to monopolies, said Sally Hubbard, who advocates for tougher antitrust enforcement at the Open Markets Institute.
"We have a judge that is not hostile to antitrust, ...
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