Louisiana wants in: The Tipline for 21 June 2021

Louisiana is the latest state to request to join the Texas-led coalition suing Google for allegedly using a series of anticompetitive tactics to cement and maintain its dominance over online advertising. Meanwhile, Ohio has asked a court to split its own lawsuit against the search engine operator, as a group of shop owners accuse Visa and Mastercard of horizontal price-fixing and the Federal Trade Commission seeks more time to prepare its petition for a rehearing of 1-800 Contacts.