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Guest Essay

By Jonathan Kanter

Mr. Kanter was the assistant attorney general for the antitrust division at the Department of Justice from 2021 to 2024.

There’s a saying in hockey: You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.

On Tuesday a federal court in Washington had a wide-open shot to hold Google accountable for sweeping antitrust violations. Instead of taking the shot, the court banked the puck off the boards, hoping for a lucky bounce.

Last year, after years of grueling litigation, the same court

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