Re:States bring action against Google under federal and stat...
by xxpor on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @07:39PM
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>Section 16 of the Clayton Act [1] gives states power to bring federal antitrust suits on behalf of their residents
I think this is the key point I was looking for. There's a specific grant of authority here.
[1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/15c [2] https://www.naag.org/publication/state-attorneys-general-pow... [3] https://www.stateag.org/syllabus-2020