The Feds Take Big Tech to Court
Deconstructed
The Intercept
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🗓️ 30 September 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general filed a antitrust lawsuit against Amazon on Tuesday. Meanwhile the U.S. Department of Justice's trial against Google is shrouded in secrecy. This week on Deconstructed, we break down the antitrust lawsuits the federal government has brought against Google and Amazon, and the anticompetitive and monopolistic practices on trial.
Ryan Grim is joined by Amanda Lewis, a partner at the law firm Cuneo, Gilbert, and LaDuca and co-founder of the Responsible Online Commerce Coalition. They are also joined by Matt Stoller, director of research at the American Economic Liberties Project and author of “Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy.”
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| 0:47.5 | All right, welcome to Deconstructed. I'm Ryan Grimm. Earlier this week, the FTC joined by 17 |
| 1:00.0 | state attorneys general, launched a landmark suit against Amazon. Meanwhile, the Department of |
| 1:05.0 | Justice is in its third heading into its fourth week in a trial against Google. |
| 1:10.2 | Might be the biggest moment for antitrust in decades. Today, I'm joined by Matt Stoller, |
| 1:14.7 | Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project, and also Amanda Lewis, |
| 1:19.5 | who's a partner at the law firm of CUNIO, Gilbert and Laduka. She's also co-founder of what's called |
| 1:24.8 | the Responsible Online Commerce Coalition, which represents third-party sellers and others operating |
| 1:30.8 | on Amazon. Amanda and Matt, thank you so much for joining me. Thanks for having me. |
| 1:35.5 | Thank you. Great to be here. Amanda, let me start with you. Can you talk a little bit about what is |
| 1:40.8 | in this Amazon lawsuit? Were there elements of it that pleasantly surprised you or that you |
| 1:47.8 | were disappointed in? What is the FTC taking on when they're taking on Amazon this time? |
| 1:53.2 | Right. I was really pleased with the complaint. This is something that the situation with Amazon |
| 2:03.6 | and the anti-competitive conduct that the company has been engaged in, and in particular with |
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