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Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly by iaw on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @03:23PM (#24841370)
Last federal case probably. The Democratic states Attorneys Generals mostly have not signed onto the lawsuit because they don't want to be bound by unfavorable settlement terms (sorry I can't remember where I read that in the last couple days)
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Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly by gundmc on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @05:12PM (#24842390)
The democratic states said they will look to merge with this case in the coming weeks if they determine charges are appropriate.
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Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly by nojito on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @04:03PM (#24841804)
11 states have joined this case
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Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly by geoelectric on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @04:07PM (#24841844)
All Republican-led, at least as of the news article I read this morning.
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Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly by dmix on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @06:13PM (#24842865)
As gundmc implied[1] it's probably best to wait unto after the election when looking for signals of credibility from the other party.

It's be foolish to just the merits of the case merely on that now.

[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24842390

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Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly by geoelectric on Thursday October 22, 2020 @01:55PM (#24860986)
That's a good point. Right now it's unclear whether the Dem AGs really do reject the suit or whether they just don't want to add legitimacy pre-election.

Did sound an awful lot like they thought the suit was ill-timed and half-baked, though. I might have been misled by editorial content in the reporting.

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Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly by charliemil4 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @04:09PM (#24841863)
Louisiana is Democrat-led
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Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly by FemmeAndroid on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @04:17PM (#24841940)
Attorney General of Louisiana is Jeff Landry, a Republican.
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Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly by charliemil4 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @08:48PM (#24843856)
yes, please read my last comment with a /s ... I just find the politics of this all amusing.
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Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly by wokwokwok on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @03:02AM (#24845409)
I don't understand what that means; this isn't reddit, please don't just post blatantly false statements.
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Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly by charliemil4 on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @11:49AM (#24848995)
This means Louisiana's Governor is John Edwards, a democrat, and normally one refers to a US State being led by a Governor... not an AG. Though a legal filing is led by an AG... so the comments when added together led to ambiguity I found funny, and decided to play with. I should have linked to the Governor first, and fully explained my joke. I understand comedy is not what we come here for, but sometimes, it's good to not take everything so seriously.
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