Google escapes bid to force sale of ad tech business — in another major defeat for DOJ

Source: New York Post

Alphabet’s Google escaped a breakup of its advertising technology business on Wednesday, when a judge in Virginia rejected US antitrust enforcers’ bid to force a sale of Google’s online advertising exchange. While the ad exchange is a small part of Google’s business, the ruling is the second powerful symbolic victory against the Department of Justice in its efforts to force Google to sell assets to address illegal monopolies. Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Va.

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