Courts found Google violated antitrust law in search and ad tech, yet it became the second most valuable company. What's decided, pending, and next.

From afar, it looks like Google had a rough year. It was found guilty of operating an illegal search monopoly and a publisher ad tech monopoly, not to mention getting hit with a raft of civil ...

Google rivals line up as potential buyers for its ad tech. James Avery, who runs an ad server company for retailers called Kevel, testified he’d like to buy Google’s ad server and exchange, ideally ...

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) -The U.S. judge considering whether to order a breakup of Google's advertising technology business asked the Department of Justice on Friday how quickly such a remedy ...

ALEXANDRIA, VA. (CN) –Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice took one last shot Friday at convincing a federal judge to divest Google of its lucrative ad-tech arm. DOJ attorney Matthew Huppert ...

Google opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology Friday with witness testimony saying the industry is vastly more complex and ...

Alphabet's Google came under scrutiny after one of European country opened a probe into Google Ads. Belgium's competition watchdog said on Friday, February 27, 2026, it had opened ...

LONDON — European Union regulators have launched a fresh antitrust investigation of Google, this time over whether the company is stifling competition in digital advertising technology. The EU’s ...

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A New York federal judge ruled in favor of online news publishers and advertisers who allege Google unlawfully monopolized the digital advertising market and diverted revenue that would have otherwise ...

Google’s ad server is “slow and clunky” — but virtually everybody uses it. We’re moving through witnesses in the Google ad tech trial, including Stephanie Layser, a former consultant and News Corp ...