Google has won a significant legal battle, as a federal judge ruled that the company will not be forced to sell its advertising technology business. This decision is seen as a major victory for Google amid ongoing antitrust scrutiny. US District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Virginia declined on Wednesday to order Alphabet-owned Google to divest AdX, despite previously finding that the company had unlawfully maintained monopolies in key parts of the online advertising technology market. In April of 2025, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice prevailed in its monopolization case against Google. In United States et al. v. Google, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia held that Google violated antitrust law by monopolizing open-web digital advertising markets. According to the Court, Google “harmed Google’s publishing customers, the competitive process, and, ultimately, consumers of information on the open web.” In September 2025, Judge Mehta issued hi...
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