A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Justice Department’s request to dismantle Google’s online advertising business, marking the second time the company has fended off the threat of divestiture after being found to have illegally maintained a monopoly.
U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema’s order follows her ruling last year that Google illegally monopolized the sophisticated online-auction technology that decides which ads appear on websites. The Justice Department argued that making Google sell off its ad exchange was the only way to curb its dominance and open the market to new competition.
Brinkema disagreed, instead opting for a lighter-touch approach. She adopted other proposals that would curb Google’s ability to control how publishers use its technology.
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