Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits targeting Google AI search

US District Judge Amit Mehta dismissed antitrust lawsuits filed by Chegg and Penske Media against Google, ruling that Google’s AI search practices do not violate antitrust law. Chegg alleged Google illegally scraped its educational content for Gemini models, reducing site traffic, while Penske claimed its publications lost traffic when their content was harvested for AI answers without opt-out options. The judge held that expectations of traffic flow are not contractual agreements.