AUSTIN - An antitrust case against Google transferred from New York back to Texas earlier this year has been slated for trial in March 2025.
The suit accuses Google of building a digital advertising monopoly.
Originally filed in Texas, the Second Circuit transferred the case back to Texas in October, finding that Google did not demonstrate “exceptional circumstances” that would warrant keeping the case in New York.
On Tuesday, a scheduling order was entered in the case, in which Attorney General Ken Paxton leads a coalition of seventeen states challenging Google’s abuse of its monopoly power in online advertising.
The order slates the case for trial on March 31, 2025 and states that the trial is expected to last for four weeks.
Since its filing, more than a dozen states have joined the Texas-led lawsuit, which alleges antitrust violations and deceptive acts by Google in its lucrative online display advertising business.
According to the complaint, Google’s monopolization includes an anticompetitive agreement with Facebook, making misrepresentations to users and customers, and suppressing competition.
Court records show Google had filed a motion to dismiss, asserting that the state plaintiffs are responding to the company’s success by seeking to compel it to share with its competitors “the fruits of its investments and innovation.”
Eastern District of Texas case No. 4:20-CV-957-SDJ