Google has illegally built “monopoly power” with its web advertising business, a federal judge in Virginia has ruled, siding with the Justice Department in a landmark case against the tech giant that ...

A federal judge has ruled that Google (GOOG, GOOGL) holds an illegal monopoly over the online advertising business, its second antitrust loss in more than a year. The Justice Department and a ...

“Google further entrenched its monopoly power by imposing anticompetitive practices on its customers and eliminating desirable product features,” Brinkema wrote. Google was found to have ...

In her ruling, she said Google "has willfully engaged in a series of anticompetitive acts to acquire and maintain monopoly power in the publisher ad server and ad exchange markets for open-web dis ...

A recent court ruling in April 2025 has found Google guilty of maintaining an illegal monopoly in the online advertising market — so what happens now?

U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema wrote that Google violated U.S. antitrust law by “willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power” over parts of the web advertising ecosystem.

Google violated the Sherman Antitrust Act “by willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power” in the online technology ad industry, the court said. We are having trouble retrieving the ...

In her ruling on Thursday, US District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema said that the plaintiffs proved Google held monopoly power in the publisher ad servers and ad exchanges for open-web display ...