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US judge rules Google trial documents can be posted online as historic case looms

The US Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Google, owned by Alphabet, is the biggest case against a big tech company since the government’s suit against Microsoft in the 1990s

The Google trial is expected to last 10 weeks. Picture: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg

The federal judge overseeing the US Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Google said documents used during the trial can be published online at the end of each day, resolving a weeklong dispute that left the public without access to exhibits in the high-profile legal fight.

Amit Mehta, the US District Judge, ruled Google and any third-parties would have until 9 p.m. each evening to object to the public release of an exhibit used during the ...