Background

The Department of Justice (DOJ) maintains numerous high-profile cases across antitrust, financial regulation, and tech sectors. There is historical precedent for the DOJ dropping cases during presidential transitions, particularly when they align with new administration priorities or face policy constraints.

Resolution Criteria

A case will be considered "dropped" if any of the following occur during Trump's presidency:

• The DOJ voluntarily dismisses the case

• The DOJ declines to continue pursuing an appeal

• The DOJ settles the case without obtaining significant remedies relative to the original complaint

• The DOJ substantially scales back the scope or charges

• The DOJ scales back the scope of relief it is seeking to the point that the relief is fundamentally insignificant or nominal in nature.

The market will resolve separately for each case listed. Cases that will resolve No are those that are:

• Concluded through the normal judicial process without a significant change to the position of the United States

• Settled with substantial remedies

• Resolved through the normal judicial process before Trump takes office.

If the United States drops its original position before Trump takes office, that case will resolve as N/A.

Note: a market can resolve to yes even if the case continues for any reason (such as a private party or state government maintaining the litigation). The only thing that matters for the purposes of this market is whether the United States government abandoned its position.

On Adding Answers:

• I reserve the right to N/A any answer that is not in keeping with the spirit of this market

• If a submission is attempting to be a valid answer. I will help the author to make it a valid answer.

• If an answer is added after that answer has already satisfied the criteria to resolve "Yes" that answer will resolve N/A