The case largely echoes an antitrust action in the United States and seeks to force Google to sell off sections of its online ad business.

The Justice Department and Google have made their closing arguments in a trial alleging Google’s online advertising technology constitutes an illegal monopoly. The arguments in federal court Monday in

The DOJ’s proposals clued in the public to what the government really wants out of Google. Though the complaint was filed in 2020, the first phase of the trial focused only on w

A federal judge threw cold water on one of Alphabet Inc.’s key arguments in a Department of Justice lawsuit over allegations that Google monopolized advertising technology.

The U.S. advertising monopoly case against Google wrapped up this week, with both the DOJ and Google giving closing arguments. U.S. lawyers said that Google is "once, twice, three times a monopolist," while Google's lawyers claimed the DOJ proved "the exact opposite" of a monopoly.

Many of the arguments were familiar to any Google trial watcher. The DOJ argues Google used a suite of ad tech products, particularly Doubleclick For Publishers (DFP) and the AdX