8 State Attorneys General

Judge Rules Google Operates Illegal Ad Tech Monopoly, Orders Divestiture of Ad Business

2025-04-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled that Google illegally monopolized digital advertising technology markets through systematic anticompetitive conduct including tying arrangements, exclusionary contracts, and manipulation of ad auctions—finding that Google’s control of 91% of publisher …

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DOJ Sues Google Over Ad Tech Monopoly, Seeks Historic Breakup

2023-01-24 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

On January 24, 2023, the United States Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Google seeking to break up the company’s advertising technology business—marking the first government attempt to structurally dismantle a major corporation since AT&T in 1982. The case …

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