The U.S. government is taking its best shot against Google’s ubiquitous search and advertising businesses in what will be the biggest U.S. antitrust case in more than two decades. But Google is likely to prevail, partly because the Department of Justice will be trying a 21st-century business model within a 20th-century legal framework.
The DOJ filed its long-awaited antitrust case against Google in federal district court Tuesday after a two-year investigation. The DOJ narrowed its case focus on Google’s search and search advertising businesses—possibly as a result of U.S. Attorney General William Barr’s demand that the complaint be filed before the election.
The Department of Justice was working with a large group of state attorneys general on the case, but in the end only attorneys general from 11 Republican-led states signed on. A group of Democratic state AGs may file their own lawsuit later on. One source says Democrat-led state AGs wanted to bring a suit that was broader…
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