Technology
Big Tech Is Armed and Waiting to Repel U.S. Antitrust Onslaught
- Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple hire lawyers, plan defense
- Amid mounting criticism, many saw investigations as inevitable
The U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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Investors were caught off guard by the sudden U.S. assault on technology giants this week, but behind the scenes, the industry’s biggest companies have been preparing for this moment of reckoning for months.
They’ve hired lawyers and built up their lobbying shops in response to antitrust investigations that have been well under way in the European Union, and which are just now getting started in Washington.