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it looks like all similar/recent trials were already bench trials[1]. That is not to express that such trials should or should not be tried by jury. "Unlike al
by BXlnt2EachOther 2y ago
it looks like all similar/recent trials were already bench trials[1]. That is not to express that such trials should or should not be tried by jury.
"Unlike all the other recent cases federal and state governments have brought against Big Tech, the DOJ’s latest complaint includes a demand for a jury trial. This jury demand is extremely unusual—government civil antitrust claims are almost always tried to a judge—and it raises a host of strategic challenges for the parties as well as broader policy issues about the role of juries in complex antitrust matters."
[1] https://www.promarket.org/2023/04/26/understanding-the-dojs-decision-to-seek-a-jury-trial-in-the-google-ad-tech-case/ https://www.promarket.org/2023/04/26/understanding-the-dojs-... - looks to be Chicago School affiliated but pretty neutral.