“The antitrust lawsuit by the Justice Department and eight states seeking to break up Google’s alleged adtech monopoly will be heard by a judge this fall, as the company preferred.”
Google mailed the court a $2.3 million cashier’s check to cover triple the government’s damages claim plus interest. No damages left to fight over means no right to a jury. Google admitted nothing and bought the courtroom it wanted. It lost to Epic in front of a jury last year. For an adtech monopoly, $2.3 million is the cheapest legal strategy on the market.