In the middle of a once-in-a-century pandemic and on the cusp of a presidential election of historic contentiousness, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Oct. 20, 2020, that it and 11 states, including Georgia, were suing Google for alleged violations of the antitrust laws. More specifically, the DOJ is bringing three Section 2 Sherman Act claims, alleging that Google has unlawfully maintained monopolies in the following three alleged markets: (1) general search services; (2) search advertising; and (3) general search text advertising.

As a matter of textual craft work, the DOJ complaint is well done. By the end of 2020, at least 38 other states have jumped on the bandwagon and have sued Google, claiming Section 2 violations. In these partisan times, Republicans and Democrats are uniting in pursuit of Google (and Facebook, too).