Justice Department May Challenge Google-ITA Deal

The Justice Department is laying the groundwork for a potential court challenge to Google Inc.'s acquisition of a travel-software company that powers some of the most popular Internet airline-ticket search and booking sites, people familiar with the matter said. Justice Department staff lawyers have begun preparing legal documents for use in a possible court challenge to the $700 million deal for ITA Software Inc., but no decision to proceed has been made, one of the people familiar with the matter said.

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