Choose Leonie Brinkema named to supervise U.S. lawsuit in opposition to Google

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. District Choose Leonie Brinkema, one of many judges who stayed then-President Donald Trump’s govt order limiting immigration into america, has been named to supervise the Justice Division’s antitrust lawsuit in opposition to Alphabet Inc’s Google over its alleged abuse of dominance in internet marketing expertise.

The federal government on Tuesday argued that Google must be pressured to promote its advert supervisor suite, tackling a enterprise that generated about 12 % of Google’s revenues in 2021 but additionally performs an important function within the search engine and cloud firm’s general gross sales.

Google mentioned on Wednesday that the criticism was “with out benefit.”

In response to a submitting to the docket late Tuesday, Brinkema, 78 and whose courtroom is in Alexandria, Virginia, close to Washington, was assigned to supervise the case. The federal government has requested for a jury trial.

It’s the second antitrust lawsuit filed by the division, with the primary coming close to the top of the Trump administration in 2020. That can go to trial in September.

Along with placing a keep on Trump’s govt order, Brinkema, who was nominated by President Invoice Clinton, additionally oversaw the trial of Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, who’s now in a most safety jail in Colorado.

(Reporting by Diane Bartz; modifying by Jonathan Oatis)