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Technology,
Government,
Corporate,
Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Oct. 28, 2020

Is the DOJ’s Google antitrust lawsuit just the beginning?

While the lawsuit against Google is certainly a welcome beginning, it will take more than a single lawsuit to open up competition in the digital marketplace and protect our democracy.

David W. Kesselman

Co-Managing Partner
Kesselman Brantly & Stockinger LLP

Phone: (310) 307-4555

Email: dkesselman@kbslaw.com

David is an adjunct professor of antitrust law at Loyola Law Schoo.

Amy T. Brantly

Co-Managing Partner
Kesselman, Brantly & Stockinger LLP

Phone: (310) 307-4557

Email: abrantly@kbslaw.com

Last week, in the wake of highly publicized congressional hearings and a report about the abuse of monopoly power by the major technology companies in the digital marketplace, the Department of Justice, along with 11 states, filed what some have characterized as a landmark antitrust lawsuit against Google. The lawsuit, alleging that Google has unlawfully maintained monopolies in the markets for online search and search advertising, is certainly significant. It is the ...

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