Alphabet’s Google has hired Donald Verrilli Jr, the U.S. solicitor general during the Barack Obama administration, to appeal a judge’s ruling that the tech titan has an unlawful monopoly in online search, Google confirmed on Tuesday.
Verrilli’s hire is a key first step in Google’s legal fight to undo the ruling, which it has said could pose a threat to its business.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta last year ruled Google holds an unlawful monopoly in online search and related advertising, and is considering proposals to make the tech titan sell off its…
