The last major case that the U.S. government filed on monopolization grounds after Microsoft was when the Department of Justice filed against Google, which was during the Trump administration. We have two cases, one relates to search and search advertising; it's scheduled for trial in September. And then there's a second case, which we recently filed, and that the Attorney General had the pleasure and privilege of joining him at the podium to talk about this case about a week ago.
The Fed eases up on the brakes, Elon Musk looks for new ways to monetize Twitter, and Snap has another rough quarter. Also: Meta may have prevailed in a fight with the FTC. Today’s Friend of Pivot is Jonathan Kanter, Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division at the DOJ. He stops by to discuss Google, antitrust, and his agency's fight against monopolies.
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