They are 'avoiding' a a jury trial in lieu of a bench trial. The prosecution tried to pull a fast one to get a jury trial by bundling a charge with monetary da

They are 'avoiding' a a jury trial in lieu of a bench trial. The prosecution tried to pull a fast one to get a jury trial by bundling a charge with monetary damages. Google's lawyers simply paid the claimed damages (tripled by law) and interest to remove the forced jury trial component in lieu of a bench trial. Just to be clear, they are still going to trial for the antitrust charges.