Ronan Dunne: Legal tide turns against Big Tech, on both sides of the Atlantic  

Former Attorney General William Barr who announced in October that the US Department of Justice would bring a major lawsuit against Google for alleged violations of US competition law. File photo: AP

As a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, former attorney general Bill Barr will be remembered for a lot of things but perhaps his legacy will have wide ramifications for citizens across the globe, far beyond the Washington political bubble.

Under Mr Barr’s watch, the US Department of Justice, or DoJ, initiated a major lawsuit against Google for alleged violations of US competition law. Announcing the move in October, Mr Barr said it was “a monumental case" that alleges Google has unlawfully maintained monopolies through anticompetitive practices in the search and search advertising markets.