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Government,
Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Sep. 10, 2019

Becerra avoids antitrust probes of Google, Facebook

Google joined Facebook Inc. on Monday as Silicon Valley technology giants to face antitrust probes by multiple state attorneys general, but California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is skipping the investigations.

Alphabet Inc.-owned Google joined Facebook Inc. on Monday as Silicon Valley technology giants facing antitrust probes by multiple state attorneys general, but California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is skipping the investigations.

The bipartisan investigation of Mountain View-based Alphabet was announced in high-profile fashion on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican who was joine...

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