> Why does there need to be a plaintiff? There doesn't need to be an independent plaintiff. The DoJ can bring an antitrust suit directly, and often does. For e

> Why does there need to be a plaintiff? There doesn't need to be an independent plaintiff. The DoJ can bring an antitrust suit directly, and often does. For example, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor....