DOJ claims Google has “trifecta of monopolies” on Day 1 of ad tech trial
Enlarge / Karen Dunn, one of the lawyers representing Google, outside of the Albert V. Bryan US Courthouse at the start of a Department of Justice antitrust trial against Google over its advertiing business in Alexandria, Virginia, on September 9, 2024. (credit: SAMUEL CORUM / Contributor | AFP)
On Monday, the US Department of Justice's next monopoly trial against Google started in Virginia-this time challenging the tech giant's ad tech dominance.
The trial comes after Google lost two major cases that proved Google had a monopoly in both general search and the Android app store. During her opening statement, DOJ lawyer Julia Tarver Wood told US District Judge Leonie Brinkema-who will be ruling on the case after Google cut a check to avoid a jury trial-that "it's worth saying the quiet part out loud," AP News reported.
"One monopoly is bad enough," Wood said. "But a trifecta of monopolies is what we have here."