DOJ Hires Outside Counsel as It Readies Antitrust Case Against Google: Report

DOJ Hires Outside Counsel as It Readies Antitrust Case Against Google: Report
A woman looks at her smartphone as she walks past Google Building 8510 at 85 10th Ave., New York City, N.Y., on June 3, 2019. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
Reporter
|Updated:
The Justice Department (DOJ) has hired outside litigators as part of their big tech probes, an indication the department is readying an antitrust suit against Google, according to a new report from Fox Business.
Last July, the DOJ announced that their department’s Antitrust Division is reviewing “market-leading online platforms” over a wide array of concerns relating to how they have “reduced competition, stifled innovation, or otherwise harmed consumers.”
Google LogoMark Us Preferred on Google
Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
Reporter
Bowen Xiao was a New York-based reporter at The Epoch Times. He covers national security, human trafficking and U.S. politics.
twitter
Related Topics