Overview

• Penske filed the federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C., alleging Google repurposes its journalism without consent and harms its business.
• The company says about 20% of Google searches that would link to its sites now show AI Overviews and that affiliate revenue has fallen by more than one-third since late 2024.
• Penske claims Google leverages its dominance to force publishers to permit use of their content in summaries, with the only opt-out being removal from search indexing.
• Google denies the allegations, saying AI Overviews make Search more helpful and broaden discovery, and it vows to defend against what it calls meritless claims.
• The case follows Chegg’s lawsuit over AI Overviews and publisher data showing lower click-throughs, as trade groups decry a lack of opt-out and note a recent court decision that did not require Google to divest Chrome.