Alphabet's Google will not face a jury trial over its alleged digital advertising dominance after the company wrote a check to the United States to cover monetary damages, a federal judge ruled on Friday.

Alphabet’s Google will not face a jury trial over its alleged digital advertising dominance after the company wrote a check to the US to cover monetary damages, a federal judge ruled Friday. The Justice Department and a coalition of states sued the tech giant last year,

Google will avoid a jury trial in a civil antitrust case filed by the U.S. Justice Department over alleged digital advertising dominance. Read more here.

Google has avoided a jury trial in its antitrust case by paying $2.3 million to cover the U.S. government's monetary damages claim. The non-monetary demands will be heard by a judge, with the trial set for September.

A judge rather than a jury will decide whether Google violated federal antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising. The decision Friday by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema was a defeat for the Justice Department,