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Justice Department Weeks Away From Filing Google Antitrust Case

By Christopher Stern
· · Source: The New York Times

U.S. Attorney General William Barr has ordered Justice Department lawyers to wrap up their antitrust investigation of Google by the end of the month, overruling career staffers who wanted more time to build a case against the search giant, the New York Times reported. The Justice Department is widely expected to bring antitrust charges related to Google’s dominance in the digital advertising...

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