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More than 30 states join lawsuit accusing Google of anti-competitive practices

By: - July 8, 2021 11:53 am

NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 05: Google’s New York office is shown in lower Manhattan on March 5, 2018 in New York City. Published reports say that the tech giant is close to a reaching a $2.4 billion deal to buy the landmark Chelsea Market building. The building, a block-long former Nabisco factory that is named after its ground-floor gourmet food mall, sits directly across from Google’s current New York City headquarters in the Meatpacking District. If the sale goes through, it would be one of the most expensive real estate transactions for a single building in New York City history. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Iowa is among 36 states suing Google over allegations the tech firm is operating a monopoly with its app store and Google Billing.

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