Bloomberg Law
Feb. 2, 2023, 1:00 PM

Biden’s Antitrust Push Is Best Chance in Years to Rein In Google

Leah Nylen
Leah Nylen
Bloomberg News
Sara Forden
Sara Forden
Bloomberg News

The US government may never get a better chance to rein in Google. Its lawsuit to break the company’s chokehold on the digital advertising market was more than a decade in the making and will set the tone for antitrust enforcement for years to come.

It also represents the culmination of one man’s life work. Justice Department antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter, 49, has spent the bulk of his career seeking to limit the economic harm caused by giant tech platforms that thwart competition. Now he’s in a position to make it happen.

Since his start as a young antitrust lawyer in Washington, Kanter ...