A group of powerful Democratic and Republican state attorneys general plan to forge ahead with their own antitrust investigation into Google even after the Department of Justice files its imminent lawsuit against the search-and-advertising giant. With a federal lawsuit expected in a matter of days, states including Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska and New York are preparing to issue a joint public statement indicating they are still scrutinizing a wide array of Google’s business practices and may instead opt to join any federal case later, according to four people familiar with their thinking, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a law-enforcement matter.
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