Facebook stands to lose the most, however Google is bound to lose: That’s the agreement of specialists Axios requested to rank the dangers the two tech monsters face as five separate major antitrust claims overwhelm them.

Why it is important: A misfortune for Facebook or Google in any of the cases could drive profound changes in how Silicon Valley works together — and even lead to a court-requested separation.

Here’s your lodging sheet for the cases.

DOJ versus Google: The Justice Department, which went first in October, says Google fixed its strength in online pursuit to some degree utilizing selective agreements to secure its situation as the default on programs and cell phones.

Standpoint: The DOJ suit is the most careful and maybe most made sure about of the pack. It focuses on a bunch of practices equivalent to those that have gotten organizations in difficulty in past antitrust cases — including the milestone argument against Microsoft.

Texas versus Google: A Texas-drove gathering of state lawyers general says Google has controlled its advertisement innovation to disgrace contending on the web promotion trades — and furtively conspired with Facebook to get that going.

Viewpoint: This case is feature snatching, however enormous redactions conceal its proof. It’s viewed as a trump card — if the cases are valid, the organizations are in a tough situation.

Colorado et al. versus Google: A Colorado-and Nebraska-drove gathering of AGs, whose suit landed Thursday, says Google steers clients to its own contributions and away from particular pursuit suppliers like Yelp and TripAdvisor — and is now porting an example of devastating rivalry into voice search and other rising tech.

Viewpoint: Plaintiffs need this case to be converged with the Doj’s, which would interface their destiny.

FTC versus Facebook: In November, The Federal Trade Commission charged that Facebook obtained Instagram and WhatsApp to cover early contenders. FTC likewise charges that Facebook impeded contenders from utilizing code that would interface their administrations to Facebook’s immense client base.

Viewpoint: Experts consider Facebook to be less in danger than Google of a major misfortune — however in the event that it loses, there’s the chance a court may constrain it to auction two of its greatest units.

States versus Facebook: A New York-drove AG alliance focuses on Facebook’s Instagram and WhatsApp bargains too, and says the harm Facebook has done to contest has halted rival administrations from thriving that would better secure individuals’ protection.

Standpoint: This case is probably going to wind up combined with the FTC’s in one major Facebook continuing.

The higher perspective: These cases share a focal thought: Google and Facebook have aggravated the world by smothering contests, and less rivalry has implied less purchaser decision, less security for Americans, less income for online distributors, less development for clients.

The catch: If either organization loses only one of these cases, it could confront anything from a token punishment fine to tough new guidelines or direct to an enormous “underlying cure” like a separation. Yet, before any of that occurred after conceivable extensive preliminaries, there’d be at least one round of offers. We’re talking a long time in court before anybody needs to do anything.

What they’re saying about…

Google’s main bad guys: “DOJ’s methodology is more mindful of an accentuation on fostering a triumphant case,” said previous FTC counsel Neil Chilson, presently senior exploration individual at Stand Together. “The Texas case is more bold with an accentuation on making a sprinkle.”

Facebook’s possibilities: Former FTC chief William Kovacic, presently a teacher at George Washington University, said proclamations by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in messages the FTC uncovered — like, “It is smarter to purchase than contend” — might search particularly awful for Facebook in court.The main concern: Several antitrust specialists revealed to Axios that it will be difficult to demonstrate that Facebook’s years-old acquisitions ought to have been banished. Demonstrating that Google is making a continuous move that harms rivalry is presumably simpler.