Justice Department Says Google Can’t Pay to Avoid Digital Ad Monopoly Lawsuit (1)

Alphabet Inc The Justice Department said Google cannot avoid going to trial over claims it monopolized the digital advertising market by sending the government a multimillion-dollar check.

Google took the “extraordinary step” of sending a process server to the Antitrust Division’s offices to deliver a cashier’s check on May 16 without notice or transmission, the Justice Department and a group of plaintiff states said in a motion filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

The plaintiffs argue there is no legal basis to grant Google’s motion to dismiss the government’s jury trial. Federal…