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Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust suits over Google AI Overviews
Oct 1, 2026SOURCE: theverge.com
SO WHAT
In the thousand-day window, unfavorable antitrust rulings shrink meaningful choices, accelerating concentration in networked discovery while users remain downstream of model-controlled search.
Chegg and Penske Media’s claims that Google’s AI search cuts web traffic were dismissed. The decision signals the old system’s legal framework struggling to price the inversion of attention.
Dismissed by Judge Amit Mehta in federal court
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