US STATE OF OHIO FILES SUIT AGAINST GOOGLE TO DECLARE IT AS A PUBLIC UTILITY

Highlights

• Announcing the lawsuit, Yost said in a release that "When you own the railroad or the electric company or the cellphone tower, you have to treat everyone the same and give everybody access.

• Google said the lawsuit filed by the state of Ohio had no basis in fact and the company will be defending itself in court

In an attempt to declare search engine giant Google a public utility, the s....