48 AGs Appeal in Antitrust Case Against Facebook
A federal court wrongly dismissed an antitrust case against Facebook from attorneys general before the filers had the opportunity to prove illegal activity, 48 AGs argued in a filing Friday. U.S. District Court in Washington misapplied legal doctrine on time…
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constraints, and it wrongly threw out the possibility of injunctive relief, the AGs argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The district court dismissed claims before Facebook “offered any facts to support its fact-intensive defenses,” the AGs said. The bipartisan group included AGs from New York, Texas, Washington, D.C., California, Florida and Guam. Facebook “has used its market dominance to force small companies out of business and reduce competition for millions of users,” said New York's Letitia James (D). The company didn’t comment.