Dude. Antitrust trials can take years to litigate, and mountains, literal libraries of documents gathered and managed. For example, the anti-trust litigation against Microsoft started in 92, with investigation, and wasn't litigated until 2001.
And, for every lawyer on board, add in at least two paralegals for each one (if not more, I would say at least 10 for each one on a case this big), and all manner of support staff. A literal army of people are guaranteed working on this, past the 40 official lawyers assigned to it. Just having 40 lawyers alone is a big deal.
And, lawyers always ask for more time. Job security.
Yes, antitrust trials can drag on for years. This is just the filing of the antitrust charges. I may be off here, but how long should that typically take? Seriously, I don't know but this just seems awfully long.
Dude. Antitrust trials can take years to litigate, and mountains, literal libraries of documents gathered and managed. For example, the anti-trust litigation against Microsoft started in 92, with investigation, and wasn't litigated until 2001.
And, for every lawyer on board, add in at least two paralegals for each one (if not more, I would say at least 10 for each one on a case this big), and all manner of support staff. A literal army of people are guaranteed working on this, past the 40 official lawyers assigned to it. Just having 40 lawyers alone is a big deal.
And, lawyers always ask for more time. Job security.
Yes, antitrust trials can drag on for years. This is just the filing of the antitrust charges. I may be off here, but how long should that typically take? Seriously, I don't know but this just seems awfully long.