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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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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The Federal Trade Commission, joined by 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam, files major antitrust lawsuit against Facebook alleging illegal monopolization through systematic acquisition of competitors Instagram and WhatsApp. The FTC seeks structural breakup of Facebook through forced …
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