Big Tech must love the courthouse, since it seems to be a frequent hotspot for those in the industry right now.

After Google's landmark antitrust ruling on Monday, it appears my feed is flooded with other lawsuits currently in the pipeline from the U.S. federal government. (Even Elon Musk is involved in some messy court drama, but we'll save that for another time.)

I'm unsure if it's the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, or if the U.S. government is cracking down on Big Bad Tech-Wolves. Either way, it's worth talking about.

Under the Trump administration, the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission started investigating the largest of the large, Amazon, Apple, Google and Meta, for monopolistic behaviour.

As we know, Google has since been sued twice. But the government has also sued all four companies in an effort to pull down their tyranny and promote some healthy competition.

And a sweep is exactly what's happening. Silicon Valley's biggest tech giants have government lawsuits pending. These accuse them all of operating in anticompetitive ways. Not to mention Google's about to face another antitrust case for its online advertising practices.

The investigations by the DOJ, the FTC and numerous other attorneys have been long in the works but are now approaching their peak.

Good ol' Bezos never disappoints when it comes to getting in trouble for his ethics. Last year, the FTC and 17 states' Attorneys Generals filed an antitrust lawsuit against the company. Their argument? Amazon uses strategies that stifle competition on price and product selection. This severely limits the possibility of real competition to arise.

Amazon, of course, has vowed to fight, like they all do. A trial date has been set for October 2026.

Another controversial figure not unknown to the courthouse. The social media giant was one of the first Big Tech companies to face legal pressure from the government. Meta was accused of engineering a monopoly by buying any competitors that threatened Facebook's dominance. This led to the 2020 FTC lawsuit.

Meta has countered that it didn't buy Instagram and WhatsApp a decade ago to stifle competition. So the tech giant argued for the case to be thrown out.

In 2021, the judge handling the case did throw it out. However, they allowed the government to refile a complaint the following year, so the case has since carried on.

This March, Apple was accused of blocking competitors in the smartphone market by preventing them from offering their products to Apple customers. This came after a five-year long investigation.

The case argued that Apple used its dominant position in the market for devices and servicing apps to prevent customers from switching phones. They also don't allow users to have non-Apple products on their iPhones. (Which is SO VALID.)

I already told y'all, go read about it before you ask me to double-handle!

And Elon sues advertisers for a supposed boycott.