State Attorneys General File Fourth Lawsuit Against Google Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, joined by 35 states and the District of Columbia, filed the fourth antitrust lawsuit against Google since October 2020, claiming...more
8/6/2021
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State AGs File Another Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google -
Thirty-six states and the District of Columbia filed the fourth antitrust lawsuit against Google since October 2020, claiming that Google’s Play store unlawfully...more
7/12/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
PFAS ,
Popular ,
Spending Clause ,
State Attorneys General ,
The Clayton Act ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
On October 20, the U.S. Department of Justice filed its long-awaited antitrust complaint against Google, joined by 11 state Attorneys General (Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri,...more
Over the past few weeks, the Orrick State Attorney General Practice Group has highlighted the numerous ways in which state Attorneys General are enforcing state laws in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. With some states...more
5/20/2020
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Eviction ,
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Last month, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed a law repealing a provision of the Colorado Antitrust Act that prohibited challenging a merger under state law where the federal antitrust agencies did not also challenge the...more