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I didn't find it in the article, but what is the complaints goal? To break up google from its advertising business?
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.56...
What incentive is there for states to sue over monopolies? Is it simply to advocate for their constituencies?
Abusing your (near) monopoly position to drive out competition is illegal.
There’s gonna be high-fives and cigars for all of the lawyers and lobbyists who have successfully executed on the strategy to spin off the ultra-high-revenue-generating but secretly-ultra-toxic asset into a standalone entity before the heat got turned on. J&J is trying to do this with the whole talc thing but it’s probably too late.
I am totally, totally impressed by Google’s government and legal people. They’ve gotten the company out of almost every mess unscathed, and even done something to erase its most senior executives’ rumored associations with Jeffrey Epstein. It’s truly remarkable. In my ultimate fantasy, they’d be working for the greater good, rather than against it, but alas.
I find it sad that all this is coming from state AGs and not from the DOJ and FTC. It just shows how corrupt our federal institutions are due to regulatory capture [1]. I still remember how Google escaped antitrust enforcement during the Obama presidency. There was a "revolving door" for Google execs and White House officials who would fill positions at both places [2]. When FTC prepared a massive report of Google's…
An interesting detail instead arises from the other cases. The one case Google apparently WANTS to settle out of court is the case on the use of data!
Now, this should tell the careful reader quite a bit about what Google thinks is really important here.
Can someone rephrase this and possibly explain like I'm five? I'm not following the mechanics...
What incentive is there for states to sue over monopolies? Is it simply to advocate for their constituencies?
Upholding the law? Having a functioning market and economy perhaps? It's the government's job to regulate the market. Abusing your (near) monopoly position to drive out competition is illegal.
Yes, but it happens so often with so little attention paid that stories like this more often make me think a politician is looking for election funding rather than trying to enforce the law.
I find it sad that all this is coming from state AGs and not from the DOJ and FTC. It just shows how corrupt our federal institutions are due to regulatory capture [1]. I still remember how Google escaped antitrust enforcement during the Obama presidency. There was a "revolving door" for Google execs and White House officials who would fill positions at both places [2]. When FTC prepared a massive report of Google's…
I'm not saying it wasen't a problem, but America thought these FANG companies were solving our problems.
I never liked Google Executives going to the White House, but I don't think it was because Obama sold out. Tech was very new. Google honestly wanted to help.
It seemed like every young guy wanted to be Zuck. Hell even Zuck thought he could run for president one day.
It was all so inspiring. Now it's just ugly.
https://ia601404.us.archive.org/8/items/gov.uscourts.nysd.56...
Judge Castel reminded them that they must produce those documents to the state AGs.
https://ia601404.us.archive.org/8/items/gov.uscourts.nysd.56...
Perhaps this team can benefit from the discovery conducted by the DOJ.