Justice Department Adds Attorney to Help Oversee Probe of Big Tech Firms

The Justice Department beefed up its online platform investigation team by adding Ryan Shores, formerly a partner with an international law firm, to help oversee its probe of Alphabet’s Google, Facebook and other big tech firms. Shores, who comes from the law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP, was named to join the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, which oversees the Antitrust Division, among others, the department said.

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