Yelp Inc. (NYSE:YELP) has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) subsidiary Google, following a recent federal ruling that labeled Google as an illegal monopolist. What Happened: Yelp accuses Google of maintaining its monopoly in local search services by favoring its vertical over competitors’. This, according to Yelp, has harmed competition and degraded the quality of local search services. The lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of California, demands that Google cease its allegedly anticompetitive conduct and seeks damages. Yelp has requested a jur…
