Podcast | Jonathan Kanter says a Google break up will benefit the internet

Jonathan Kanter left the Department of Justice after President Trump was elected, but he was the architect of the major antitrust cases that Google just lost, and which the Trump administration continues to pursue. In the first case, the court found that Google illegally maintained its monopoly over web search with a series of default placement deals, most particularly on the iPhone. That case is back in court right now for the second phase of the trial, where a judge will decide what the remedy will be—essentially, how Google will be punished. You will not be surprised to hear that Jonathan thinks we should break up Google, but I think you’ll find it fascinating to hear how he put together his team, how he thought through the construction of these two cases in particular, and what kinds of audiences he thought he was addressing in the legal complaints themselves.