Epic Games Inc. v. Google LLC et al.

The FTC filed an amicus brief in a private case involving digital platforms to encourage a federal court in the Northern District of California to use its broad power to order a remedy that stops the illegal conduct, prevents its recurrence, and restores competition. The brief argues that injunctive relief should also restore lost competition in a forward-looking way and should ensure a monopolist is not continuing to reap the advantages and benefits obtained through the antitrust violation. The brief further explains that looking forward in digital platform cases often requires an accounting of network effects, data feedback loops, and other key features of digital markets. This accounting could help to ensure that potential competitors can overcome the lock-in advantages of network effects and data incumbency.