United States, et al. v. Google LLC

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Case Number:

1:23-cv-00108

Court:

Virginia Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Judge:

Leonie M. Brinkema

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  1. October 05, 2026

    DOJ, Google Differ On Ad Tech Fix Timing, Oversight

    The U.S. Department of Justice and Google offered disagreement Friday largely on relatively discreet points for the mandates meant to open up Google's advertising placement technology dominance, in a Virginia federal court filing where disputes centered heavily on how long the tech company has to implement changes and who'll monitor its compliance.

  2. September 18, 2026

    Keeping Google Ad Tech Biz Intact 'Not A Close Call'

    The Justice Department Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission are now 0-3 in their efforts to break up major technology companies, and with monopolization trials still ahead against Amazon.com and Apple, observers say a Virginia federal judge's newly unsealed ruling underscores the legal and practical difficulties of those efforts.

  3. September 17, 2026

    DOJ Touts 'Substantial' Ad Tech Fix, Leaves Room For Appeal

    The U.S. Department of Justice walked a fine line between hailing a Virginia federal judge's newly unsealed decision ordering Google to open up its advertising placement technology dominance, and leaving open the possibility of appealing the judge's accompanying rejection of its request for a breakup.

  4. September 02, 2026

    DOJ Ad Tech Judge Won't Break Up Google's Biz

    A Virginia federal judge on Wednesday refused to break up Google's advertising placement technology business, opting instead to grant the U.S. Department of Justice a litany of behavioral fixes aimed at limiting the search giant's ability to boost itself and the ads running through its own servers over ads from rival ad tech providers.

  5. April 08, 2026

    DOJ's Lead Google Attys Both Leave Agency Same Day

    The lead attorneys on both of the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division's monopolization cases against Google left the agency Wednesday or said they would be doing so.

  6. November 21, 2025

    Google Ad Tech Judge 'Concerned' By DOJ's Breakup Timing

    A Virginia federal judge expressed concern during oral arguments Friday that breaking up Google's advertising placement technology business could take too long to help the market in the face of the company's anticipated appeal of the monopolization ruling won by the U.S. Department of Justice.

  7. November 04, 2025

    DOJ, Google Spar Over Breakup Bid In Ad Tech Case

    The U.S. Department of Justice is continuing to push a Virginia federal court to force Google to sell its ad exchange in the monopolization case over the company's advertising placement technology while Google is asking the court to impose more modest behavioral remedies.

  8. October 06, 2025

    Google Judge Anticipates 'Fine-Tuning' Ad Tech Remedies

    The Justice Department and Google questioned their last witnesses Monday in a fight over whether to break up the company's advertising placement technology business, in a two-hour hearing with a rebuttal witness, a rare surrebuttal witness, and an acknowledgment from the Virginia federal judge overseeing the case that even after she delivers her final judgment, it might need revisions in the future. 

  9. October 03, 2025

    Google Ad Tech Judge: 'We Don't Know' Breakup Buyer

    A Virginia federal judge questioned Friday whether the breakup of Google's advertising placement technology business sought by the U.S. Department of Justice would benefit website publishers as a government witness asserted.

  10. October 02, 2025

    Ad Tech Judge Sees 'Tension' In Google's Economist

    A Virginia federal judge told Google's economics expert Thursday that there's "tension" in his assertions that remedies for the company's advertising placement technology monopolies must be narrowly tailored to block the particular anticompetitive findings won by the U.S. Justice Department.