Google is entering the final stretch of an antitrust case targeting its digital advertising monopoly, weeks after emerging largely unscathed from a significant challenge to its online search stronghold.
U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema on Monday will begin hearing testimony from Google employees, as well as advertisers, publishers and others, as she considers potential penalties against the company for maintaining an illegal monopoly in parts of the online advertising industry. The judge ruled earlier this year that Google’s monopoly in ad exchanges and server markets violated antitrust laws, harming advertisers and consumers.
The case, taking place in Northern Virginia, focuses on what’s known as ad tech, or software used to buy and sell digital ads.
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