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Google monopolized some adtech markets, engaged in illegal tying, US judge rules

By Khushita Vasant ( April 17, 2025, 15:53 GMT | Insight) -- Google was today found liable of having illegally monopolized some of its digital advertising technology markets, with a US federal judge ruling that the tech giant also illegally tied two of its products to thwart competition. US District Judge Leonie Brinkema however ruled that the Department of Justice and a multistate coalition "have not shown that Google’s acquisitions of DoubleClick and Admeld constituted anticompetitive conduct."Google was today found liable of having illegally monopolized some of its digital advertising technology markets, with a US federal judge ruling that the tech giant also illegally tied two of its products to thwart competition....

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