Google Faces Antitrust Challenge From SerpApi

A federal judge recently allowed most of SerpApi's counterclaims to proceed in Google's lawsuit over automated scraping, turning the dispute into a potential antitrust battle. The Northern District of California ruling found SerpApi plausibly alleged Google's monopoly power and exclusionary conduct, preserving core antitrust arguments while dismissing narrower claims. The decision could affect Terms of Service enforcement, access to search-results data, and secondary markets that rely on Google's data.