A decade ago, when Microsoft Corp. was reined in by the Justice Department, a prominent Silicon Valley attorney popularized a ...

United States District Court Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google violated antitrust law by illegally maintaining a monopoly in search. Now, Google and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have had their say ...

A federal judge ruled Thursday that Google has illegally monopolized the online advertising technology market, handing the ...

The tech giant may be forced to sell parts of its highly profitable advertising technology unit, disrupting a business with huge power over what consumers see online.

consumers of information on the open web.” The decision could force Google to divest part of its online ad business. But the fact that the government did not win on all of its claims makes that ...

Many dismissed the idea as hopelessly naive. But in January 2023, the Justice Department charged Google with illegally monopolizing the digital ad tech market. Yesterday, following a three-week trial ...

The case was brought in 2023 by the U.S ... is a relevant market for open-web display advertiser ad networks. However, the judge said, they did prove that Google violated Section 2 of the Sherman ...

a division of Google’s business that manages an auction-style system for advertisers to purchase digital ad space, generated $31.4 billion in revenue in 2023. Mehta will oversee a hearing Monday ...