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Mar. 9, 2020

Big tech faces vigorous antitrust enforcement in 2020

With mounting political pressure from Congress, the Trump administration, and multiple Democratic presidential candidates, 2020 is shaping up to be a year for antitrust enforcement against major technology firms. Federal and state antitrust enforcers are hoping to build on investigations into digital markets that they began last year.

Aaron M. Sheanin

Partner
Girard Gibbs LLP

Email: ams@pswlaw.com

Columbia Univ SOL; New York NY

Aaron Sheanin is a partner in the firm's Silicon Valley office. A member of the firm's Antitrust and Trade Regulation Group, he has represented businesses, consumers, and individual and institutional investors in complex litigation in federal and state courts throughout his career.

With mounting political pressure from Congress, the Trump administration, and multiple Democratic presidential candidates, 2020 is shaping up to be a year for antitrust enforcement against major technology firms. Federal and state antitrust enforcers are hoping to build on investigations into digital markets that they began last year.

In 2019, both the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice focused their investig...

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