Google has been branded an abusive monopolist by a federal judge for the second time in less than a year, this time for illegally exploiting some of its online marketing technology to boost the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has been branded an abusive monopolist by a federal judge for the second time in less than a year, this time for illegally exploiting some of its online marketing ...

A judge queried lawyers about whether a breakup made sense during closing arguments on how to fix the tech giant’s dominance in online advertising. Judge Brinkema’s decision could restructure Google’s ...

After the search giant welcomed more ads from small rivals like Ask.com, Google ad costs for some nonprofits ballooned. By Nico Grant Nico Grant reports on Google and its related companies from San ...

The Justice Department last week sought to persuade a federal judge in Virginia to force Alphabet Inc.’s Google to sell off part of the company and change the way it does business to improve ...

To divest, or not to divest. During day two of the remedies phase of the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s ad tech antitrust trial, both sides underwent a grueling back-and-forth about whether a ...

The publisher-focused DOJ v. Google ad tech antitrust trial is finished. A judge will now decide the fate of Google’s sell-side ad tech business. On Friday, both sides presented their closing ...

Ruling lets US argue Google must sell publisher ad tools Google says it will appeal Decision days before Google faces another monopoly trial over search DOJ failed to prove one of its claims, judge ...

Google is back in court, hoping to avoid a painful breakup of its advertising business. US District Judge Leonie Brinkema has already ruled that Google operated an illegal monopoly in digital ...