Trial to Begin Sept. 12 in Search Services Monopolies Case vs. Google

Trial in the consolidated antitrust cases brought by DOJ and 48 states alleging Google monopolies in search services and advertising will begin Sept. 12 with the parties’ opening statements and the start of the DOJ plaintiffs’ case-in-chief, said U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta for the District of Columbia in a signed order Friday (docket 1:20-cv-03010). The states’ case-in-chief will begin on or about Oct. 9, Google’s on or about Oct. 25, said the order.