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United States v. Google LLC (ad-tech antitrust)

Big Tech antitrust
Ruling issued
Liability ruling Apr 17, 2025
AI system / company
Google/Alphabet
Jurisdiction
United States (federal)
Court / regulator
U.S. District Court, E.D. Va. (Judge Leonie M. Brinkema)
Status
Ruling issued

What happened

The DOJ and several states sued Google in January 2023 for monopolizing key digital-advertising technologies (the 'ad-tech stack') used by publishers. Following a 2024 trial, in April 2025 the court found Google liable for unlawfully monopolizing the markets for publisher ad servers and ad exchanges and for unlawfully tying those products together, with the case proceeding to a remedies phase.

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