Now what While the lawsuit is expected to go to trial this year, tentatively scheduled for Sept. 12, Google's arguments will offer a preview of how the company plans to fight back against the charges. What happened Shares of Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) were moving higher after the FAANG stocks reacted to a cooler-than-expected Producer Price Index report, showing inflation actually fell on a monthly basis. The DOJ is claiming that Google has gained a monopoly in search through "exclusionary distribution agreements," including those that make it the default search engine on web browsers like Safari and Firefox.