A bipartisan group of state attorneys general is taking on Google in an election year when scrutiny of Big Tech will be more intense than ever.
The Utah attorney general, Republican Sean Reyes, also has taken on companies blamed for the opioid crisis, including a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma.through Utah's Division of Consumer Protection.
A Google spokesperson referred CNBC to a 2019 blog post about the DOJ and AG investigations, noting the company has "always worked constructively with regulators" and will "continue to do so." On Tuesday, Paxton, Reyes and several other attorneys general met with top officials at the Justice Department to discuss dividing and sharing resources for the respective investigations. That meeting did not end with an official decision to coordinate their investigations, though they may still yet choose to do so.
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