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Major DOJ Antitrust Cases

1. United States v. Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey (1911)

   - Duration: 7 years (1904–1911)  

   - Outcome: Standard Oil was ruled an illegal monopoly and broken up into 34 companies.
2. United States v. Microsoft Corp. (1998)

   - Duration: 4 years (1998–2002) 
 
   - Outcome: Initially ordered to split, but after appeals, Microsoft avoided a breakup and instead agreed to business restrictions.  

3. United States v. AT&T (Bell System) (1982)

   - Duration: 8 years (1974–1982)  

   - Outcome: AT&T agreed to a settlement, leading to the 1984 breakup into seven "Baby Bells" to increase competition.


And the DOJ is still holding that Google must break up


does google have a good relationship to the current administration?

I am not aware of a google-lobbyist being as close to trump as Zuckerberg and Musk are, and I definitely see the possibility of these two manipulating the administration against google.




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