Washington, D.C. — In response to a hearing this morning in the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Google’s alleged Ad Tech monopoly, in which Judge Leonie Brinkema rejected Google’s motion for summary judgment, rejected one of Google’s experts for irrelevant testimony, and set a bench trial for September 9, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

“A trial date is a victory. Judge Brinkema’s rejection of Google’s motion for summary judgment ensures that honest businesses, journalists, and consumers suffering under Google’s ad tech monopoly will have their day in court,” said Lee Hepner, Senior Legal Counsel at the American Economic Liberties Project. “Google’s efforts to delay and thwart the Justice Department’s case, including a multi-million dollar cashier’s check to avoid a jury trial, had little basis in the law. The fact that Judge Brinkema excluded a key expert witness suggests that Google will have a much harder time defending its plainly anticompetitive conduct. Going forward, the public should be advocating for much more transparency than has currently been afforded by this court.”

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The American Economic Liberties Project works to ensure America’s system of commerce is structured to advance, rather than undermine, economic liberty, fair commerce, and a secure, inclusive democracy. Economic Liberties believes true economic liberty means entrepreneurs and businesses large and small succeed on the merits of their ideas and hard work; commerce empowers consumers, workers, farmers, and engineers instead of subjecting them to discrimination and abuse from financiers and monopolists; foreign trade arrangements support domestic security and democracy; and wealth is broadly distributed to support equitable political power.