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DOJ, State AGs Could Combine Google Investigations
ANTITRUST // January 27, 2020

U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) officials will meet with U.S. state attorneys general to share information about the ongoing investigation into Google’s alleged antitrust violations, according to unnamed sources cited by Reuters. The probe is centered on whether Google’s monopoly of the online search world...

State AGs To Fight T-Mobile-Sprint Merger In Federal Trial
ANTITRUST // December 09, 2019

A group of state attorneys general are getting set to fight against the T-Mobile and Sprint merger in an unprecedented federal trial. Sprint and T-Mobile announced the $26 billion deal last year. The all-stock deal has T-Mobile exchanging 9.75 Sprint shares for each T-Mobile share. T-Mobile parent...

Big Tech Antitrust Examination By AGs Gathers Steam
ANTITRUST // November 18, 2019

Antitrust headlines dominated the regulatory sphere this past week – focused, of course, on marquee names such as Facebook and Google. In one salvo, lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives said antitrust regulators should take action against larger tech firms, which typically evaded much...

Google Antitrust Probe Widens To Include Search, Android
Google // November 14, 2019

The antitrust investigation into Google will be expanded to include the tech giant’s search and Android businesses. In September, 50 attorneys general announced that they were launching an investigation into whether Google has abused its position in the online advertising market. The probe is being...

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DOJ Officials, State AGs To Meet Tuesday On Google Antitrust Probe

February 04, 2020
On Tuesday (Feb. 4), according to sources, officials from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will meet with state attorneys general representatives to review collective investigations of Google. Officials from as many as seven states — Texas included — will be at an afternoon meeting in Washington, D.C., with representatives from the Federal Trade Commission, […]

DOJ, State AGs Could Combine Google Investigations

January 27, 2020
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) officials will meet with U.S. state attorneys general to share information about the ongoing investigation into Google’s alleged antitrust violations, according to unnamed sources cited...

State AGs To Fight T-Mobile-Sprint Merger In Federal Trial

December 09, 2019
A group of state attorneys general are getting set to fight against the T-Mobile and Sprint merger in an unprecedented federal trial. Sprint and T-Mobile announced the $26 billion deal last year....

Google Antitrust Probe Widens To Include Search, Android

November 14, 2019
The antitrust investigation into Google will be expanded to include the tech giant’s search and Android businesses. In September, 50 attorneys general announced that they were launching an investigation into...