Meta Wins Consumer Antitrust Case After Judge Excludes Plaintiffs' Expert Witness

"To be sure, the absence of admissible expert testimony by an economist does not automatically foreclose an antitrust claim. But as a number of courts have observed, proof of antitrust injury typically demands expert witness evidence," U.S. District Judge James Donato wrote in a decision excluding the plaintiffs' expert witness opinions as inadmissible and granting summary judgment in favor of defendant Meta Platforms Inc.