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Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Court Issues Remedies Ruling in United States v. Google Search Case

A significant milestone was reached this week in the Justice Department’s antitrust litigation against Google regarding its internet search business. U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta issued a 230-page ruling on remedies...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Is the DOJ’s First Criminal Monopolization Case in Decades More Bark Than Bite?

In October, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division announced its first criminal attempted monopolization charges in more than 40 years. In the case, U.S. v. Zito, Nathan Nephi Zito, the owner of a Montana paving...more

Cooley LLP

Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Attempted Monopolization in Violation of Section 2 of Sherman Act

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On October 31, the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) delivered on its promise to pursue criminal enforcement of Section 2 of the Sherman Act when it secured a guilty plea from a highway paving...more

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No Agreement? No Worries: Justice Department Secures Historic Criminal Attempted Monopolization Conviction

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In yet another signal in support of the notion that “the era of lax enforcement is over, and the new era of vigorous and effective antitrust law enforcement has begun,” on October 31 the Antitrust Division of the Department...more

The Volkov Law Group

Analysis of DOJ’s Antitrust Case Against Google (Part III of III)

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DOJ’s antitrust case against Google presents several interesting and difficult issues.  Google dominates the search engine market.  No one can question that.  But the question will eventually boil down to whether Google’s...more

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Justice Department Files Antitrust Case Against Google Claiming Monopolization of the Search and Search Advertising Markets (Part...

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The Department of Justice and eleven state Attorneys General filed an antitrust case against Google in the United States Court for the District of Columbia.  DOJ’s filing was hurried at the behest of the Attorney General Bill...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

United States v. Google: Market Impact and Private Antitrust Liability

The Government’s Antitrust Action Against Google - On Oct. 20, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and 11 state attorneys general filed a significant civil antitrust lawsuit against Google LLC in the District of Columbia...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

District Court Allows Monopolization Claims to Move Forward on Allegations of Direct Evidence of Monopoly Power

Traditionally, plaintiffs asserting claims under Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act allege the existence of one or more product markets relevant to the defendants’ anticompetitive conduct and the defendants’ shares of those...more

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