A federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, ruled that Google’s advertising technology unit is an illegal monopoly, in the second of two Justice Department antitrust cases against the tech giant.
The decision by U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia comes as an additional blow for Google, which last year lost another federal monopoly case filed by the Justice Department against its search engine and faces antitrust pressure in the European Union.
The Alexandria case revolves around the major role Google plays in brokering the sale of online advertisements to news outlets and other website operators.
