Google and Microsoft clash over documents in US antitrust suit

Alphabet Inc.’s Google asked a federal judge to order Microsoft Corp. to hand over internal documents from certain executives that Google says it needs to defend a Justice Department’s monopoly lawsuit.

Google said in a court filing Thursday night in Washington that Microsoft refuses to search the files of 19 executives that are relevant to Google’s defense.

Microsoft is a key player in the Justice Department’s lawsuit, which accuses Google of abusing its dominance in internet search. The government says Google illegally used its power in the market to thwart competitive threats from rivals like Microsoft’s Bing search engine.