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United States v. Microsoft and the Browser War That Made Room for Google The 1998 antitrust suit against Microsoft ended without a breakup, yet it changed how the company behaved just as Google and a new web were taking shape. Here is how. Why the FTC Lost Its Bid to Unwind Meta's Instagram and WhatsApp Deals In November 2025 a judge ruled for Meta, finding the FTC had not proved a present-day monopoly. The strongest arguments on both sides, and what the loss means for merger law. Why the United States Still Has No General Privacy Law How a 1974 law born of Watergate guarded Americans against their government but not against companies, and why every attempt since to close that gap has stalled in Congress.